diff --git a/backends/platform/dc/dreamcast.mk b/backends/platform/dc/dreamcast.mk
index 98b5bae087bb..4d944c4a51c9 100644
--- a/backends/platform/dc/dreamcast.mk
+++ b/backends/platform/dc/dreamcast.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 
-ronindir = /usr/local/ronin
-
 CC := $(CXX)
 ASFLAGS := $(CXXFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 723ebe94c103..ac3331cc4640 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1774,6 +1774,12 @@ android)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	;;
+dreamcast)
+	if test -z "$RONINDIR"; then
+		echo "Please set RONINDIR in your environment. export RONINDIR=<path to libronin>"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	;;
 n64)
 	if test -z "$N64SDK"; then
 		echo "Please set N64SDK in your environment. export N64SDK=<path to n64 sdk>"
@@ -3032,13 +3038,6 @@ if test -n "$_host"; then
 			append_var CXXFLAGS "-fdelete-null-pointer-checks"
 			_backend="dc"
 			_build_scalers=no
-			_mad=yes
-			_zlib=yes
-			if test -z "$RONINDIR"; then
-				add_line_to_config_mk "ronindir := /usr/local/ronin"
-			else
-				add_line_to_config_mk "ronindir := $RONINDIR"
-			fi
 			_port_mk="backends/platform/dc/dreamcast.mk"
 			;;
 		ds)
@@ -3409,11 +3408,9 @@ case $_backend in
 		;;
 	dc)
 		append_var INCLUDES '-I$(srcdir)/backends/platform/dc'
-		append_var INCLUDES '-isystem $(ronindir)/include'
 		append_var LDFLAGS "-Wl,-Ttext,0x8c010000"
 		append_var LDFLAGS "-nostartfiles"
-		append_var LDFLAGS '$(ronindir)/lib/crt0.o'
-		append_var LDFLAGS '-L$(ronindir)/lib'
+		append_var LIBS "$RONINDIR/lib/crt0.o"
 		# Enable serial debugging output only when --enable-debug is passed
 		if test "$_release_build" = yes -o "$_debug_build" != yes; then
 			append_var LIBS "-lronin-noserial -lm"