diff --git a/aegisub/autogen.sh b/aegisub/autogen.sh
index d38f0eb01..fba91be7f 100755
--- a/aegisub/autogen.sh
+++ b/aegisub/autogen.sh
@@ -182,25 +182,6 @@ else
     DIE=1
 fi
 
-
-if test -z "$BIN_CONVERT"; then
-  BIN_CONVERT=`which convert`
-fi
-
-$ECHO_N "checking for ImageMagick 'convert' utility ... "
-if test -x "$BIN_CONVERT" && $BIN_CONVERT --version |grep -c ImageMagick > /dev/null; then
-  echo $BIN_CONVERT
-else
-    echo "not found"
-    echo
-    echo "  You must have 'convert' installed from the"
-    echo "  ImageMagick project.  Please set BIN_CONVERT or"
-    echo "  Add 'convert' to your PATH"
-    echo
-    DIE=1
-fi
-
-
 if test -z "$BIN_AWK"; then
   BIN_AWK=`which awk`
 fi
@@ -279,24 +260,6 @@ if test -z "$ACLOCAL_FLAGS"; then
     fi
 fi
 
-
-
-echo "--- Converting BMP resource files -> XPM ---"
-# BMP -> XPM via src/res.rc
-cat ${srcdir}/src/res.rc | ${BIN_AWK} -f ${srcdir}/scripts/unix-gen-xpm.awk BIN_CONVERT="$BIN_CONVERT" > ${srcdir}/src/bitmaps/Makefile.bitmaps
-cd ${srcdir}/src/bitmaps
-make -f Makefile.bitmaps
-cd ${srcdir}
-
-$BIN_AWK '/BITMAP/ { image[count] = $1; ++count} END { printf("EXTRA_DIST="); for (v in image) printf(" \\\n	%s_xpm.xpm", image[v])}' \
-  ${srcdir}/src/res.rc \
-  > ${srcdir}/src/bitmaps/Makefile.am
-
-echo "--- Generating libresrc/resrc.cpp, libresrc/libresrc.h from res.rc ---"
-$BIN_AWK -f scripts/unix-gen-res.awk ${srcdir}/src/res.rc \
-  RESRC_CPP="${srcdir}/src/libresrc/resrc.cpp" \
-  RESRC_H="${srcdir}/src/libresrc/libresrc.h"
-
 rm -rf autom4te.cache
 
 echo "--- $ACLOCAL ---"
diff --git a/aegisub/scripts/unix-gen-res.awk b/aegisub/scripts/unix-gen-res.awk
deleted file mode 100644
index 13af2dc0b..000000000
--- a/aegisub/scripts/unix-gen-res.awk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# $Id$
-
-! /CURSOR|ICON|^#|^$|^\// {
-    image[$1] = $1
-}
-
-END {
-  print("#define static") > RESRC_CPP
-    printf("#include \"wxicon_xpm.xpm\"\n") >> RESRC_CPP
-  for (v in image) {
-    printf("#include \"../bitmaps/%s_xpm.xpm\"\n", image[v]) >> RESRC_CPP
-  }
-
-  print("#ifndef _RES_H") > RESRC_H
-  print("#define _RES_H") >> RESRC_H
-    printf("extern char *wxicon_xpm[];\n") >> RESRC_H
-  for (v in image) {
-    printf("extern char *%s_xpm[];\n", image[v]) >> RESRC_H
-  }
-  print("#endif /* _RES_H */") >> RESRC_H
-
-}
diff --git a/aegisub/scripts/unix-gen-xpm.awk b/aegisub/scripts/unix-gen-xpm.awk
deleted file mode 100644
index 88f67e801..000000000
--- a/aegisub/scripts/unix-gen-xpm.awk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/BITMAP/ {
-  gsub(/\"bitmaps\//, "", $3)
-  gsub(/\"/, "", $3)
-  image[$1] = $3
-}
-
-END {
-  printf(" \
-all: bmp2xpm \n \
-.PHONY: all bmp2xpm \n \
-CONVERT ?= %s \n \
-", BIN_CONVERT)
-
-# Yes, the 'sed' hack is annoying, if anyone wants to know why it's nessicary
-# I direct them to coders/xpm.c:734 in ImageMagick 6.5.1
-  for (v in image) {
-    printf("%s_xpm.xpm: %s\n", v, image[v])
-    printf("	$(CONVERT) -transparent \"#c0c0c0\" %s xpm:- | sed \"2 s/^static char \\*xpm__\\[\\] =/const char \\*"v"_xpm\\[\\] =/\" > %s_xpm.xpm\n\n", image[v], v)
-  }
-
-  printf("bmp2xpm:")
-  for (v in image)
-    printf(" %s_xpm.xpm", v)
-}
diff --git a/aegisub/src/bitmaps/Makefile.am b/aegisub/src/bitmaps/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ec331fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aegisub/src/bitmaps/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+EXTRA_DIST= \
+	*.xpm