diff --git a/buildconf b/buildconf
index c71df1f9e103f..95aa69c1bae50 100755
--- a/buildconf
+++ b/buildconf
@@ -12,32 +12,19 @@ case "$EXTRA_VERSION" in
 esac
 
 devok=0
-pecl_args=0
 
-# Import 'gold' extensions from PECL
-GOLDEN='tidy'
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+  if test "$1" = "--copy"; then
+    automake_flags=--copy
+  fi
 
-for i in $*; do
-	if test "$i" = "--pecl-import"; then
-		pecl_args=1
-	elif test "$i" = "--copy"; then
-		automake_flags=--copy
-		pecl_args=0
-	elif test "$i" = "--force"; then
-		devok=1
-		echo "Forcing buildconf"
-		pecl_args=0
-	elif test $pecl_args -eq 1; then
-		# Allow the developer to specify some custom PECL extensions to fetch
-		GOLDEN=$GOLDEN" "$i
-	fi
-done;
+  if test "$1" = "--force"; then
+    devok=1
+    echo "Forcing buildconf"
+  fi
 
-cd ext;
-for ext in $GOLDEN; do
-	cvs co -d $ext pecl/$ext;
+  shift
 done
-cd ..;
 
 if test "$dev" = "0" -a "$devok" = "0"; then
   echo "You should not run buildconf in a release package."