diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf39dc720..6ac0317f1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,25 +48,6 @@ set (PACKAGE_TARNAME "${PACKAGE}")
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION "${VERSION}")
 set (PACKAGE_STRING "${PACKAGE} ${VERSION}")
 
-message ("-- Looking for Lua51")
-find_package (Lua51)
-if (LUA51_FOUND)
-  message ("-- Found Lua51: ${LUA_LIBRARIES}")
-  set (HAVE_LIBLUA true)
-  set (TASK_INCLUDE_DIRS ${TASK_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  set (TASK_LIBRARIES    ${TASK_LIBRARIES}    ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
-endif (LUA51_FOUND)
-
-#message ("-- Looking for pthread")
-#find_path (PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR pthread.h)
-#find_library (PTHREAD_LIBRARY NAMES pthread)
-#if (PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR AND PTHREAD_LIBRARY)
-#  message ("-- Found pthread: ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY}")
-#  set (HAVE_LIBPTHREAD true)
-#  set (TASK_INCLUDE_DIRS ${TASK_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR})
-#  set (TASK_LIBRARIES    ${TASK_LIBRARIES}    ${PTHREAD_LIBRARIES})
-#endif (PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR AND PTHREAD_LIBRARY)
-
 check_function_exists (random  HAVE_RANDOM)
 check_function_exists (srandom HAVE_SRANDOM)
 check_function_exists (timegm  HAVE_TIMEGM)