diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b149beb..9819c82c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,27 +32,6 @@ to install it.]])],
 		[AC_MSG_ERROR([[GNU gperf required, please install it.]])])
 	])
 
-GPERF_TEST="$(echo foo,bar | ${GPERF} -L ANSI-C)"
-
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-	[AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
-		#include <string.h>
-		const char * in_word_set(const char *, size_t);
-		$GPERF_TEST]
-	)],
-	[GPERF_LEN_TYPE=size_t],
-	[AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-		[AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
-			#include <string.h>
-			const char * in_word_set(const char *, unsigned);
-			$GPERF_TEST]
-		)],
-		[GPERF_LEN_TYPE=unsigned],
-		[AC_MSG_ERROR([** unable to determine gperf len type])]
-	)]
-)
-
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GPERF_LEN_TYPE], [$GPERF_LEN_TYPE], [gperf len type])
 AC_PATH_PROG([ANTLR], [[antlr3]])
 AS_IF([[test -z "$ANTLR"]],
 	[AS_IF([[test -f "$srcdir/src/SMARTPLLexer.h"]],
diff --git a/src/dmap_common.c b/src/dmap_common.c
index 250a2d13..b2bc362b 100644
--- a/src/dmap_common.c
+++ b/src/dmap_common.c
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ dmap_get_fields_table(int *nfields)
   return dmap_fields;
 }
 
+// This wrapper is so callers don't need to include dmap_fields_hash.h
+const struct dmap_field *
+dmap_find_field_wrapper(const char *str, int len)
+{
+  return dmap_find_field(str, len);
+}
 
 void
 dmap_add_container(struct evbuffer *evbuf, const char *tag, int len)
diff --git a/src/dmap_common.h b/src/dmap_common.h
index 93a2bdc0..73f72d03 100644
--- a/src/dmap_common.h
+++ b/src/dmap_common.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #ifndef __DMAP_HELPERS_H__
 #define __DMAP_HELPERS_H__
 
-#include "config.h"
 #include <event2/buffer.h>
 #include <event2/http.h>
 
@@ -45,9 +44,8 @@ extern const struct dmap_field_map dfm_dmap_aeSP;
 const struct dmap_field *
 dmap_get_fields_table(int *nfields);
 
-/* From dmap_fields.gperf - keep in sync, don't alter */
 const struct dmap_field *
-dmap_find_field (register const char *str, register GPERF_LEN_TYPE len);
+dmap_find_field_wrapper(const char *str, int len);
 
 
 void
diff --git a/src/httpd_daap.c b/src/httpd_daap.c
index aef2fe0e..0564275b 100644
--- a/src/httpd_daap.c
+++ b/src/httpd_daap.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ parse_meta(struct evhttp_request *req, char *tag, const char *param, const struc
 
       if (n == i)
 	{
-	  meta[i] = dmap_find_field(field, strlen(field));
+	  meta[i] = dmap_find_field_wrapper(field, strlen(field));
 
 	  if (!meta[i])
 	    {