diff --git a/common b/common
index e430cd53b0..6f7101e222 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e430cd53b02f6d37da6200ac81c89c588f99b089
+Subproject commit 6f7101e2227975fa8a134358362dd4b55e326b4c
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f4d37a8d73..afcb58f343 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ dnl we override it here if we need to for the release candidate of new series
 GST_MAJORMINOR=0.10
 AC_SUBST(GST_MAJORMINOR)
 
-AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS
+dnl FIXME: this macro doesn't actually work;
+dnl the generated libtool script has no support for the listed tags.
+dnl So this needs to be fixed first if we want to use this
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS([CXX])
+
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 dnl *** required versions of GStreamer stuff ***