diff --git a/modules/mem/config.m4 b/modules/mem/config.m4
index 5f5014ce20..376b418a03 100644
--- a/modules/mem/config.m4
+++ b/modules/mem/config.m4
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ dnl APACHE_MODULE(name, helptext[, objects[, structname[, default[, config]]]])
 
 APACHE_MODPATH_INIT(mem)
 
-sharedmem_objs="mod_sharedmem.lo"
-APACHE_MODULE(sharedmem, memslot provider that uses shared memory, $sharedmem_objs, , most)
+APACHE_MODULE(sharedmem, memslot provider that uses shared memory, , , most)
 APACHE_MODULE(plainmem, memslot provider that uses plain memory, , , no)
 
 APACHE_MODPATH_FINISH
diff --git a/modules/proxy/balancers/config2.m4 b/modules/proxy/balancers/config2.m4
index b0e982d110..f7232661a8 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/balancers/config2.m4
+++ b/modules/proxy/balancers/config2.m4
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 APACHE_MODPATH_INIT(proxy/balancers)
 
-proxy_lb_br_objs="mod_lbmethod_byrequests.lo"
-proxy_lb_bt_objs="mod_lbmethod_bytraffic.lo"
-proxy_lb_bb_objs="mod_lbmethod_bybusyness.lo"
-proxy_lb_hb_objs="mod_lbmethod_heartbeat.lo"
-
-APACHE_MODULE(lbmethod_byrequests, Apache proxy Load balancing by request counting, $proxy_lb_br_objs, , $proxy_mods_enable)
-APACHE_MODULE(lbmethod_bytraffic, Apache proxy Load balancing by traffic counting, $proxy_lb_bt_objs, , $proxy_mods_enable)
-APACHE_MODULE(lbmethod_bybusyness, Apache proxy Load balancing by busyness, $proxy_lb_bb_objs, , $proxy_mods_enable)
-APACHE_MODULE(lbmethod_heartbeat, Apache proxy Load balancing from Heartbeats, $proxy_lb_hb_objs, , $proxy_mods_enable)
+APACHE_MODULE(lbmethod_byrequests, Apache proxy Load balancing by request counting, , , $proxy_mods_enable)
+APACHE_MODULE(lbmethod_bytraffic, Apache proxy Load balancing by traffic counting, , , $proxy_mods_enable)
+APACHE_MODULE(lbmethod_bybusyness, Apache proxy Load balancing by busyness, , , $proxy_mods_enable)
+APACHE_MODULE(lbmethod_heartbeat, Apache proxy Load balancing from Heartbeats, , , $proxy_mods_enable)
 
 APACHE_MODPATH_FINISH
diff --git a/modules/proxy/config.m4 b/modules/proxy/config.m4
index 25309212c3..583df00b7d 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/config.m4
+++ b/modules/proxy/config.m4
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([CHECK_SERF], [
   fi
 ])
 
-serf_objects="mod_serf.lo"
-APACHE_MODULE(serf, [Reverse proxy module using Serf], $serf_objects, , no, [
+APACHE_MODULE(serf, [Reverse proxy module using Serf], , , no, [
     CHECK_SERF
 ])