--- a/port/aclocal.m4
+++ b/port/aclocal.m4
@@ -582,26 +582,6 @@
 ])])
 
 
-# Check for ncdump(1)
-#
-define([UC_PROG_NCDUMP], [dnl
-AC_PROGRAM_CHECK(NCDUMP, ncdump, ncdump, UC_ABSPATH($exec_prefix)/ncdump)dnl
-if test `which "$NCDUMP" | wc -w` != 1; then
-  UC_NEED_VALUE(NCDUMP, [netCDF lister], /usr/local/unidata/bin/ncdump)dnl
-fi
-])
-
-
-# Check for ncgen(1)
-#
-define([UC_PROG_NCGEN], [dnl
-AC_PROGRAM_CHECK(NCGEN, ncgen, ncgen, UC_ABSPATH($exec_prefix)/ncgen)dnl
-if test `which "$NCGEN" | wc -w` != 1; then
-  UC_NEED_VALUE(NCGEN, [netCDF generator], /usr/local/unidata/bin/ncgen)dnl
-fi
-])
-
-
 # Test a script.
 #
 define([UC_TEST_SCRIPT],
@@ -719,16 +699,6 @@
 ])
 
 
-# Check for McIDAS library.
-#
-define([UC_LIB_MCIDAS], [dnl
-echo checking for MCIDAS library
-UC_TEST_LIB(LD_MCIDAS, /home/mcidas/lib /home/mcidasd/lib, mcidas, McIDAS, dnl
-  -L/home/mcidas/lib -lmcidas)dnl
-AC_PROVIDE([$0])dnl
-])
-
-
 # Check for X11 library.
 #
 define([UC_LIB_X11], [dnl
@@ -745,77 +715,6 @@
 define([UC_X11], [AC_REQUIRE([UC_CPP_X11])AC_REQUIRE([UC_LIB_X11])])
 
 
-# Check for netCDF header-file directory.
-#
-define([UC_CPP_NETCDF], [dnl
-echo checking for netCDF header-file
-UC_TEST_DIR(CPP_NETCDF, UC_ABSPATH($prefix/[[[include]]]), netcdf.h,
-    [netCDF [[include]]-directory], [-I/usr/local/unidata/[[include]]])dnl
-CPP_NETCDF=`case ${CPP_NETCDF} in -I*) echo ${CPP_NETCDF};; *) echo -I${CPP_NETCDF-};; esac`
-AC_PROVIDE([$0])dnl
-])
-
-
-# Check for netCDF library.
-#
-define([UC_LIB_NETCDF], [dnl
-echo checking for netCDF library
-UC_TEST_LIB(LD_NETCDF, UC_ABSPATH($prefix/lib), netcdf,
-  netCDF, -L/usr/local/unidata/lib -lnetcdf)dnl
-AC_PROVIDE([$0])dnl
-])
-
-
-# Check for netCDF implementation (header file and library).
-#
-define([UC_NETCDF], [AC_REQUIRE([UC_CPP_NETCDF])AC_REQUIRE([UC_LIB_NETCDF])])
-
-
-# Check for netCDF operators library.
-#
-define([UC_LIB_NCOPERS], [dnl
-echo checking for netCDF operators library
-UC_TEST_LIB(LD_NCOPERS, UC_ABSPATH($prefix/lib), ncopers,
-  netCDF-operators, [-L/usr/local/unidata/lib -lncopers])dnl
-AC_PROVIDE([$0])dnl
-])
-
-
-# Check for LDM header-file directory.
-#
-define([UC_CPP_LDM], [dnl
-echo checking for LDM header-file
-UC_TEST_DIR(CPP_LDM, UC_ABSPATH($prefix/[[[include]]]) dnl
-    UC_ABSPATH($prefix/../[[[include]]]) dnl
-    UC_ABSPATH($prefix/../ldm/[[[include]]]), ldm.h,
-    [LDM [[include]]-directory], [-I/usr/local/unidata/[[include]]])dnl
-CPP_LDM=`case ${CPP_LDM} in -I*) echo ${CPP_LDM};; *) echo -I${CPP_LDM-};; esac`
-if test -z "$CPP_LDM"; then
-  UC_NEED_VALUE(CPP_LDM, [LDM include directory], -I/home/ldm/include)dnl
-fi
-AC_PROVIDE([$0])dnl
-])
-
-
-# Check for LDM library.
-#
-define([UC_LIB_LDM], [dnl
-echo checking for LDM library
-UC_TEST_LIB(LD_LDM, UC_ABSPATH($prefix/lib) dnl
-  UC_ABSPATH($prefix/../lib) UC_ABSPATH($prefix/../ldm/lib), ldm,
-  LDM, -L/usr/local/unidata/lib -lldm)dnl
-if test -z "$LD_LDM"; then
-  UC_NEED_VALUE(LD_LDM, [LDM library], -L/home/ldm/lib -lldm)dnl
-fi
-AC_PROVIDE([$0])dnl
-])
-
-
-# Check for LDM implementation (header file and library).
-#
-define([UC_LDM], [AC_REQUIRE([UC_CPP_LDM])AC_REQUIRE([UC_LIB_LDM])])
-
-
 # Check for udres(3) library.
 #
 define([UC_LIB_UDRES], [dnl
--- a/port/configure.in
+++ b/port/configure.in
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 UC_PROG_FORTC
 UC_PROG_NEQN
 UC_PROG_TBL
-UC_PROG_NCDUMP
-UC_PROG_NCGEN
 UC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 UC_UDPOSIX
--- a/port/master.mk.in
+++ b/port/master.mk.in
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 INSTALL_DATA	= @INSTALL_DATA@
 INSTALL_PROGRAM	= @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
 FC		= @FC@
-NCDUMP		= @NCDUMP@
-NCGEN		= @NCGEN@
 NEQN		= @NEQN@
 OS		= @OS@
 SHELL		= /bin/sh