diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 1230fdd62..cae93d64b 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -140,34 +140,6 @@ def strip_first(string,find,replace=''):
         return string.replace(find,replace,1)
     return string
 
-def get_libtool_major_version():
-    """libtool >= 2.1b support lt_dlopenadvise and the previous
-    release appears to be 1.9f (based on NEWS) so checking for 
-    >= 2 seems adequate.
-    """
-    cmd = 'libtool'
-    if platform.uname()[0] == "Darwin":
-        cmd = 'glibtool'
-    version = None
-    fallback_version = 2
-    pattern = r'(.*[^\S])(\d{1}\.\d+\.?\d?)(.*[^\S])'
-    ret = os.popen('%s --version' % cmd).read()
-    match = re.match(pattern,ret)
-    if match:
-        groups = match.groups()
-        if len(groups):
-            version_string = groups[1]
-            if version_string:
-                version_string = version_string.split('.')[0]
-                try:
-                    version = int(version_string)
-                except ValueError:
-                    pass
-    if not version:
-        color_print(1,'Could not detect libtool --version, assuming major version 2')
-        return fallback_version
-    return version
-
 # http://www.scons.org/wiki/InstallTargets
 def create_uninstall_target(env, path, is_glob=False):
     if 'uninstall' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
@@ -430,7 +402,6 @@ pickle_store = [# Scons internal variables
         'HAS_CAIRO',
         'HAS_PYCAIRO',
         'HAS_LIBXML2',
-        'LIBTOOL_SUPPORTS_ADVISE',
         'PYTHON_IS_64BIT',
         'SAMPLE_INPUT_PLUGINS',
         'PKG_CONFIG_PATH',
@@ -972,8 +943,6 @@ if not preconfigured:
     env['PLATFORM'] = platform.uname()[0]
     color_print(4,"Configuring on %s in *%s*..." % (env['PLATFORM'],mode))
     
-    env['LIBTOOL_SUPPORTS_ADVISE'] = get_libtool_major_version() >= 2
-
     env['MISSING_DEPS'] = []
     env['SKIPPED_DEPS'] = []
     env['HAS_CAIRO'] = False
diff --git a/src/build.py b/src/build.py
index 2d9b506a3..927cda481 100644
--- a/src/build.py
+++ b/src/build.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ source = Split(
     """
     color.cpp
     box2d.cpp
+    datasource_cache.cpp
     expression_string.cpp
     filter_factory.cpp
     feature_type_style.cpp
@@ -192,20 +193,6 @@ if env['RENDERING_STATS']:
 else:
     source.insert(0,processor_cpp);
 
-    
-# add the datasource_cache.cpp with custom LIBTOOL flag if needed
-if env['LIBTOOL_SUPPORTS_ADVISE']:
-    env3 = lib_env.Clone()
-    env3.Append(CXXFLAGS='-DLIBTOOL_SUPPORTS_ADVISE')
-    libmapnik_cxxflags.append('-DLIBTOOL_SUPPORTS_ADVISE')
-    cpp = 'datasource_cache.cpp'
-    if env['LINKING'] == 'static':
-        source.insert(0,env3.StaticObject(cpp))
-    else:
-        source.insert(0,env3.SharedObject(cpp))
-else:
-    source.insert(0,'datasource_cache.cpp')
-
 if env['JPEG']:
     source += Split(
         """
diff --git a/src/datasource_cache.cpp b/src/datasource_cache.cpp
index 48ed583db..117ce3697 100644
--- a/src/datasource_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/datasource_cache.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <mapnik/config_error.hpp>
 
 // boost
-#include <boost/version.hpp>
 #include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
@@ -152,64 +151,18 @@ void datasource_cache::register_datasources(const std::string& str)
         for (boost::filesystem::directory_iterator itr(path);itr!=end_itr;++itr )
         {
 
-#if BOOST_VERSION < 103400 
-            if (!is_directory( *itr )  && is_input_plugin(itr->leaf()))
-#else
 #if (BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION == 3)      
             if (!is_directory( *itr )  && is_input_plugin(itr->path().filename().string()))
 #else // v2
             if (!is_directory( *itr )  && is_input_plugin(itr->path().leaf())) 
 #endif 
-#endif
             {
                 try 
                 {
-#ifdef LIBTOOL_SUPPORTS_ADVISE
-                    /* Note: the below was added as a workaround pre http://trac.mapnik.org/ticket/790
-                       It could now be removed, but also is not doing any harm AFAICT.
-                    */
-                    
-                    // with ltdl >=2.2 we can actually pass RTDL_GLOBAL to dlopen via the
-                    // ltdl advise trick which is required on linux unless plugins are directly
-                    // linked to libmapnik (and deps) at build time. The only other approach is to
-                    // set the dlopen flags in the calling process (like in the python bindings)
-
-                    // clear errors
-                    lt_dlerror();
-
-                    lt_dlhandle module = 0;
-                    lt_dladvise advise;
-                    int ret;
-                
-                    ret = lt_dlinit();
-                    if (ret != 0) {
-                        std::clog << "Datasource loader: could not intialize dynamic loading: " << lt_dlerror() << "\n";
-                    }
-                
-                    ret = lt_dladvise_init(&advise);
-                    if (ret != 0) {
-                        std::clog << "Datasource loader: could not intialize dynamic loading: " << lt_dlerror() << "\n";
-                    }
-                
-                    ret = lt_dladvise_global(&advise);
-                    if (ret != 0) {
-                        std::clog << "Datasource loader: could not intialize dynamic loading of global symbols: " << lt_dlerror() << "\n";
-                    }
-#if (BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION == 3)                    
-                    module = lt_dlopenadvise (itr->path().string().c_str(), advise);
-#else // v2
-                    module = lt_dlopenadvise (itr->string().c_str(), advise);
-#endif 
-
-                    lt_dladvise_destroy(&advise);
-#else
-
 #if (BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION == 3)   
                     lt_dlhandle module = lt_dlopen(itr->path().string().c_str());
 #else // v2
                     lt_dlhandle module = lt_dlopen(itr->string().c_str());
-#endif
-
 #endif
                     if (module)
                     {