diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index db4adee..7d6cada 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,27 +29,6 @@
     if dir is not None and os.path.isdir(dir) and dir not in dirlist:
         dirlist.insert(0, dir)
 
-def macosx_sdk_root():
-    """
-    Return the directory of the current OSX SDK,
-    or '/' if no SDK was specified.
-    """
-    cflags = sysconfig.get_config_var('CFLAGS')
-    m = re.search(r'-isysroot\s+(\S+)', cflags)
-    if m is None:
-        sysroot = '/'
-    else:
-        sysroot = m.group(1)
-    return sysroot
-
-def is_macosx_sdk_path(path):
-    """
-    Returns True if 'path' can be located in an OSX SDK
-    """
-    return path.startswith('/usr/') or path.startswith('/System/')
-
-
-
 def find_file(filename, std_dirs, paths):
     """Searches for the directory where a given file is located,
     and returns a possibly-empty list of additional directories, or None
@@ -61,28 +40,15 @@
     'paths' is a list of additional locations to check; if the file is
         found in one of them, the resulting list will contain the directory.
     """
-    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-        # Honor the MacOSX SDK setting when one was specified.
-        # An SDK is a directory with the same structure as a real
-        # system, but with only header files and libraries.
-        sysroot = macosx_sdk_root()
 
     # Check the standard locations
     for dir in std_dirs:
         f = os.path.join(dir, filename)
-
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin' and is_macosx_sdk_path(dir):
-            f = os.path.join(sysroot, dir[1:], filename)
-
         if os.path.exists(f): return []
 
     # Check the additional directories
     for dir in paths:
         f = os.path.join(dir, filename)
-
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin' and dir.startswith('/System') or dir.startswith('/usr'):
-            f = os.path.join(sysroot, dir[1:], filename)
-
         if os.path.exists(f):
             return [dir]
 
@@ -94,19 +60,11 @@
     if result is None:
         return None
 
-    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-        sysroot = macosx_sdk_root()
-
     # Check whether the found file is in one of the standard directories
     dirname = os.path.dirname(result)
     for p in std_dirs:
         # Ensure path doesn't end with path separator
         p = p.rstrip(os.sep)
-
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin' and is_macosx_sdk_path(p):
-            if os.path.join(sysroot, p[1:]) == dirname:
-                return [ ]
-
         if p == dirname:
             return [ ]
 
@@ -115,11 +73,6 @@
     for p in paths:
         # Ensure path doesn't end with path separator
         p = p.rstrip(os.sep)
-
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin' and is_macosx_sdk_path(p):
-            if os.path.join(sysroot, p[1:]) == dirname:
-                return [ p ]
-
         if p == dirname:
             return [p]
     else:
@@ -607,7 +560,7 @@
                 # library and then a static library, instead of first looking
                 # for dynamic libraries on the entiry path.
                 # This way a staticly linked custom readline gets picked up
-                # before the (possibly broken) dynamic library in /usr/lib.
+                # before the (broken) dynamic library in /usr/lib.
                 readline_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-search_paths_first',)
             else:
                 readline_extra_link_args = ()
@@ -678,20 +631,24 @@
         openssl_ver = 0
         openssl_ver_re = re.compile(
             '^\s*#\s*define\s+OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER\s+(0x[0-9a-fA-F]+)' )
+        for ssl_inc_dir in inc_dirs + search_for_ssl_incs_in:
+            name = os.path.join(ssl_inc_dir, 'openssl', 'opensslv.h')
+            if os.path.isfile(name):
+                try:
+                    incfile = open(name, 'r')
+                    for line in incfile:
+                        m = openssl_ver_re.match(line)
+                        if m:
+                            openssl_ver = eval(m.group(1))
+                            break
+                except IOError:
+                    pass
 
-        # look for the openssl version header on the compiler search path.
-        opensslv_h = find_file('openssl/opensslv.h', inc_dirs, search_for_ssl_incs_in)
-        if opensslv_h:
-            name = opensslv_h[0]
-            try:
-                incfile = open(name, 'r')
-                for line in incfile:
-                    m = openssl_ver_re.match(line)
-                    if m:
-                        openssl_ver = eval(m.group(1))
-            except IOError:
-                pass
+            # first version found is what we'll use (as the compiler should)
+            if openssl_ver:
+                break
 
+        #print 'openssl_ver = 0x%08x' % openssl_ver
         min_openssl_ver = 0x00907000
         have_any_openssl = ssl_incs is not None and ssl_libs is not None
         have_usable_openssl = (have_any_openssl and
@@ -824,19 +781,12 @@
 
         db_ver_inc_map = {}
 
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            sysroot = macosx_sdk_root()
-
         class db_found(Exception): pass
         try:
             # See whether there is a Sleepycat header in the standard
             # search path.
             for d in inc_dirs + db_inc_paths:
                 f = os.path.join(d, "db.h")
-
-                if sys.platform == 'darwin' and is_macosx_sdk_path(d):
-                    f = os.path.join(sysroot, d[1:], "db.h")
-
                 if db_setup_debug: print "db: looking for db.h in", f
                 if os.path.exists(f):
                     f = open(f).read()
@@ -883,20 +833,7 @@
                     db_incdir.replace("include", 'lib64'),
                     db_incdir.replace("include", 'lib'),
                 ]
-
-                if sys.platform != 'darwin':
-                    db_dirs_to_check = filter(os.path.isdir, db_dirs_to_check)
-
-                else:
-                    # Same as other branch, but takes OSX SDK into account
-                    tmp = []
-                    for dn in db_dirs_to_check:
-                        if is_macosx_sdk_path(dn):
-                            if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(sysroot, dn[1:])):
-                                tmp.append(dn)
-                        else:
-                            if os.path.isdir(dn):
-                                tmp.append(dn)
+                db_dirs_to_check = filter(os.path.isdir, db_dirs_to_check)
 
                 # Look for a version specific db-X.Y before an ambiguoius dbX
                 # XXX should we -ever- look for a dbX name?  Do any
@@ -958,15 +895,8 @@
         # Scan the default include directories before the SQLite specific
         # ones. This allows one to override the copy of sqlite on OSX,
         # where /usr/include contains an old version of sqlite.
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            sysroot = macosx_sdk_root()
-
         for d in inc_dirs + sqlite_inc_paths:
             f = os.path.join(d, "sqlite3.h")
-
-            if sys.platform == 'darwin' and is_macosx_sdk_path(d):
-                f = os.path.join(sysroot, d[1:], "sqlite3.h")
-
             if os.path.exists(f):
                 if sqlite_setup_debug: print "sqlite: found %s"%f
                 incf = open(f).read()
@@ -1054,12 +984,6 @@
         # the more recent berkeleydb's db.h file first in the include path
         # when attempting to compile and it will fail.
         f = "/usr/include/db.h"
-
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            if is_macosx_sdk_path(f):
-                sysroot = macosx_sdk_root()
-                f = os.path.join(sysroot, f[1:])
-
         if os.path.exists(f) and not db_incs:
             data = open(f).read()
             m = re.search(r"#s*define\s+HASHVERSION\s+2\s*", data)
@@ -1566,22 +1490,14 @@
             join(os.getenv('HOME'), '/Library/Frameworks')
         ]
 
-        sysroot = macosx_sdk_root()
-
         # Find the directory that contains the Tcl.framework and Tk.framework
         # bundles.
         # XXX distutils should support -F!
         for F in framework_dirs:
             # both Tcl.framework and Tk.framework should be present
-
-
             for fw in 'Tcl', 'Tk':
-                if is_macosx_sdk_path(F):
-                    if not exists(join(sysroot, F[1:], fw + '.framework')):
-                        break
-                else:
-                    if not exists(join(F, fw + '.framework')):
-                        break
+                if not exists(join(F, fw + '.framework')):
+                    break
             else:
                 # ok, F is now directory with both frameworks. Continure
                 # building
@@ -1611,12 +1527,7 @@
         # architectures.
         cflags = sysconfig.get_config_vars('CFLAGS')[0]
         archs = re.findall('-arch\s+(\w+)', cflags)
-
-        if is_macosx_sdk_path(F):
-            fp = os.popen("file %s/Tk.framework/Tk | grep 'for architecture'"%(os.path.join(sysroot, F[1:]),))
-        else:
-            fp = os.popen("file %s/Tk.framework/Tk | grep 'for architecture'"%(F,))
-
+        fp = os.popen("file %s/Tk.framework/Tk | grep 'for architecture'"%(F,))
         detected_archs = []
         for ln in fp:
             a = ln.split()[-1]