diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 44c092a..8df6485 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@
 curses=""
 docs=""
 fdt=""
-kvm=""
-kvm_para=""
+kvm="yes"
 nptl=""
 sdl=""
 vnc="yes"
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@
 xen_ctrl_version=""
 linux_aio=""
 attr=""
-vhost_net=""
+vhost_net="yes"
 xfs=""
 
 gprof="no"
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@
 uname_release=""
 io_thread="no"
 mixemu="no"
-kerneldir=""
 aix="no"
 blobs="yes"
 pkgversion=""
@@ -715,8 +713,6 @@
   ;;
   --disable-blobs) blobs="no"
   ;;
-  --kerneldir=*) kerneldir="$optarg"
-  ;;
   --with-pkgversion=*) pkgversion=" ($optarg)"
   ;;
   --disable-docs) docs="no"
@@ -1005,7 +1001,6 @@
 echo "  --enable-attr            enable attr and xattr support"
 echo "  --enable-io-thread       enable IO thread"
 echo "  --disable-blobs          disable installing provided firmware blobs"
-echo "  --kerneldir=PATH         look for kernel includes in PATH"
 echo "  --enable-docs            enable documentation build"
 echo "  --disable-docs           disable documentation build"
 echo "  --disable-vhost-net      disable vhost-net acceleration support"
@@ -1779,124 +1774,6 @@
 fi
 
 ##########################################
-# kvm probe
-if test "$kvm" != "no" ; then
-    cat > $TMPC <<EOF
-#include <linux/kvm.h>
-#if !defined(KVM_API_VERSION) || KVM_API_VERSION < 12 || KVM_API_VERSION > 12
-#error Invalid KVM version
-#endif
-EOF
-    must_have_caps="KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY \
-                    KVM_CAP_DESTROY_MEMORY_REGION_WORKS \
-                    KVM_CAP_COALESCED_MMIO \
-                    KVM_CAP_SYNC_MMU \
-                   "
-    if test \( "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" \) ; then
-      must_have_caps="$caps \
-                      KVM_CAP_SET_TSS_ADDR \
-                      KVM_CAP_EXT_CPUID \
-                      KVM_CAP_CLOCKSOURCE \
-                      KVM_CAP_NOP_IO_DELAY \
-                      KVM_CAP_PV_MMU \
-                      KVM_CAP_MP_STATE \
-                      KVM_CAP_USER_NMI \
-                     "
-    fi
-    for c in $must_have_caps ; do
-      cat >> $TMPC <<EOF
-#if !defined($c)
-#error Missing KVM capability $c
-#endif
-EOF
-    done
-    cat >> $TMPC <<EOF
-int main(void) { return 0; }
-EOF
-  if test "$kerneldir" != "" ; then
-      kvm_cflags=-I"$kerneldir"/include
-      if test \( "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" \) \
-         -a -d "$kerneldir/arch/x86/include" ; then
-            kvm_cflags="$kvm_cflags -I$kerneldir/arch/x86/include"
-	elif test "$cpu" = "ppc" -a -d "$kerneldir/arch/powerpc/include" ; then
-	    kvm_cflags="$kvm_cflags -I$kerneldir/arch/powerpc/include"
-	elif test "$cpu" = "s390x" -a -d "$kerneldir/arch/s390/include" ; then
-	    kvm_cflags="$kvm_cflags -I$kerneldir/arch/s390/include"
-        elif test -d "$kerneldir/arch/$cpu/include" ; then
-            kvm_cflags="$kvm_cflags -I$kerneldir/arch/$cpu/include"
-      fi
-  else
-    kvm_cflags=`$pkg_config --cflags kvm-kmod 2>/dev/null`
-  fi
-  if compile_prog "$kvm_cflags" "" ; then
-    kvm=yes
-    cat > $TMPC <<EOF
-#include <linux/kvm_para.h>
-int main(void) { return 0; }
-EOF
-    if compile_prog "$kvm_cflags" "" ; then
-      kvm_para=yes
-    fi
-  else
-    if test "$kvm" = "yes" ; then
-      if has awk && has grep; then
-        kvmerr=`LANG=C $cc $QEMU_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $kvm_cflags $TMPC 2>&1 \
-	| grep "error: " \
-	| awk -F "error: " '{if (NR>1) printf(", "); printf("%s",$2);}'`
-        if test "$kvmerr" != "" ; then
-          echo -e "${kvmerr}\n\
-NOTE: To enable KVM support, update your kernel to 2.6.29+ or install \
-recent kvm-kmod from http://sourceforge.net/projects/kvm."
-        fi
-      fi
-      feature_not_found "kvm"
-    fi
-    kvm=no
-  fi
-fi
-
-##########################################
-# test for ppc kvm pvr setting
-
-if test "$kvm" = "yes" && test "$cpu" = "ppc" -o "$cpu" = "ppc64"; then
-            cat > $TMPC <<EOF
-    #include <asm/kvm.h>
-    int main(void) { struct kvm_sregs s; s.pvr = 0; return 0; }
-EOF
-    if compile_prog "$kvm_cflags" "" ; then
-        kvm_ppc_pvr=yes
-    else
-        kvm_ppc_pvr=no
-    fi
-fi
-
-##########################################
-# test for vhost net
-
-if test "$vhost_net" != "no"; then
-    if test "$kvm" != "no"; then
-            cat > $TMPC <<EOF
-    #include <linux/vhost.h>
-    int main(void) { return 0; }
-EOF
-            if compile_prog "$kvm_cflags" "" ; then
-                vhost_net=yes
-            else
-                if test "$vhost_net" = "yes" ; then
-                    feature_not_found "vhost-net"
-                fi
-                vhost_net=no
-            fi
-    else
-            if test "$vhost_net" = "yes" ; then
-                echo "NOTE: vhost-net feature requires KVM (--enable-kvm)."
-                feature_not_found "vhost-net"
-            fi
-            vhost_net=no
-    fi
-fi
-
-##########################################
 # pthread probe
 PTHREADLIBS_LIST="-lpthread -lpthreadGC2"
 
@@ -3346,16 +3223,11 @@
       \( "$target_arch2" = "x86_64" -a "$cpu" = "i386"   \) -o \
       \( "$target_arch2" = "i386"   -a "$cpu" = "x86_64" \) \) ; then
       echo "CONFIG_KVM=y" >> $config_target_mak
-      echo "KVM_CFLAGS=$kvm_cflags" >> $config_target_mak
-      if test "$kvm_para" = "yes"; then
-        echo "CONFIG_KVM_PARA=y" >> $config_target_mak
-      fi
+      echo "CONFIG_KVM_PARA=y" >> $config_target_mak
       if test $vhost_net = "yes" ; then
         echo "CONFIG_VHOST_NET=y" >> $config_target_mak
       fi
-      if test "$kvm_ppc_pvr" = "yes" ; then
-        echo "CONFIG_KVM_PPC_PVR=y" >> $config_target_mak
-      fi
+      echo "CONFIG_KVM_PPC_PVR=y" >> $config_target_mak
     fi
 esac
 if test "$target_bigendian" = "yes" ; then
@@ -3546,6 +3418,21 @@
   esac
 fi
 
+# use included Linux headers
+includes="-I\$(SRC_PATH)/linux-headers $includes"
+mkdir -p linux-headers
+case "$cpu" in
+i386|x86_64)
+  symlink $source_path/linux-headers/asm-x86 linux-headers/asm
+  ;;
+ppcemb|ppc|ppc64)
+  symlink $source_path/linux-headers/asm-x86 linux-headers/asm
+  ;;
+s390x)
+  symlink $source_path/linux-headers/asm-s390 linux-headers/asm
+  ;;
+esac
+
 echo "LDFLAGS+=$ldflags" >> $config_target_mak
 echo "QEMU_CFLAGS+=$cflags" >> $config_target_mak
 echo "QEMU_INCLUDES+=$includes" >> $config_target_mak