diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b263635..c74594b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}-${QTCURVE_VERSION_FULL
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}-${QTCURVE_VERSION_FULL}")
 include(CPack)
 
-exec_program(tde-config
-             ARGS --install locale --expandvars
-             OUTPUT_VARIABLE KDE3_LOCALE_PREFIX)
 
 ##### general package setup #####################
 
diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index c98d708..2b4b88f 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -9,26 +9,25 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-##### check for gcc visibility support #########
-# FIXME
-# This should check for [T]Qt3 visibility support
+
+# required stuff
+find_package( TQt )
+find_package( TDE )
+
+tde_setup_architecture_flags( )
+
+include(TestBigEndian)
+test_big_endian(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+
+tde_setup_largefiles( )
+
+
+##### check for gcc visibility support
 
 if( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
-  if( NOT UNIX )
-    tde_message_fatal(FATAL_ERROR "\ngcc visibility support was requested, but your system is not *NIX" )
-  endif( NOT UNIX )
-  set( __KDE_HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY 1 )
-  set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden")
-  set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden")
-endif( )
-
-
-if( BUILD_TRANSLATIONS AND NOT DEFINED MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE )
-  find_program( MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE msgfmt )
-  if( NOT MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE )
-    tde_message_fatal( "msgfmt program is required, but was not found on your system" )
-  endif( )
-endif( )
+  tde_setup_gcc_visibility( )
+endif( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
+
 
 check_type_size( "int" SIZEOF_INT BUILTIN_TYPES_ONLY )
 check_type_size( "long" SIZEOF_LONG BUILTIN_TYPES_ONLY )
@@ -38,7 +37,3 @@ check_include_file( systems.h HAVE_SYSTEMS_H )
 check_include_file( linux/inotify.h HAVE_INOTIFY )
 
 check_function_exists( statvfs HAVE_STATVFS )
-
-# common required stuff
-find_package( TQt )
-find_package( TDE )
diff --git a/po/CMakeLists.txt b/po/CMakeLists.txt
index e76a565..deef1da 100644
--- a/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,5 @@
-find_program(GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE msgfmt)
- 
-if(NOT GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE)
-    message("------\n"
-            "NOTE: msgfmt not found. Translations will *not* be installed\n"
-            "------\n")
-else(NOT GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE)
-    set(catalogname qtcurve)
-    add_custom_target(translations ALL)
-    file(GLOB PO_FILES *.po)
-    foreach(_poFile ${PO_FILES})
-        get_filename_component(_poFileName ${_poFile} NAME)
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "^${catalogname}_?" "" _langCode ${_poFileName} )
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.po$" "" _langCode ${_langCode} )
-        if(_langCode)
-            get_filename_component(_lang ${_poFile} NAME_WE)
-            set(_gmoFile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_lang}.gmo)
-            add_custom_command(TARGET translations
-                    COMMAND ${GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE} --check -o ${_gmoFile} ${_poFile}
-                    DEPENDS ${_poFile})
-            install(FILES ${_gmoFile} DESTINATION  ${KDE3_LOCALE_PREFIX}/${_langCode}/LC_MESSAGES/ RENAME ${catalogname}.mo)
-        endif( _langCode )
-    endforeach(_poFile ${PO_FILES})
-endif(NOT GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE)
+file( GLOB _srcs RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.po )
 
+if( _srcs )
+   tde_create_translation( LANG auto OUTPUT_NAME qtcurve )
+endif( )