diff --git a/buildconfig/config_darwin.py b/buildconfig/config_darwin.py
index 9503ea70..d0d3ab6e 100644
--- a/buildconfig/config_darwin.py
+++ b/buildconfig/config_darwin.py
@@ -140,16 +140,8 @@ def main(auto_config=False):
     ])
 
     print('Hunting dependencies...')
-    incdirs = ['/usr/local/include', '/opt/homebrew/include']
-    incdirs.extend(['/usr/local/include/SDL2', '/opt/homebrew/include/SDL2', '/opt/local/include/SDL2'])
-
-    incdirs.extend([
-       #'/usr/X11/include',
-       '/opt/local/include',
-       '/opt/local/include/freetype2/freetype']
-    )
-    #libdirs = ['/usr/local/lib', '/usr/X11/lib', '/opt/local/lib']
-    libdirs = ['/usr/local/lib', '/opt/local/lib', '/opt/homebrew/lib']
+    incdirs = @buildinputs_include@
+    libdirs = @buildinputs_lib@
 
     for d in DEPS:
         if isinstance(d, (list, tuple)):
diff --git a/buildconfig/config_unix.py b/buildconfig/config_unix.py
index 3eba5b5c..53cc6233 100644
--- a/buildconfig/config_unix.py
+++ b/buildconfig/config_unix.py
@@ -240,11 +240,8 @@ def main(auto_config=False):
     if not DEPS[0].found:
         raise RuntimeError('Unable to run "sdl-config". Please make sure a development version of SDL is installed.')
 
-    incdirs = []
-    libdirs = []
-    for extrabase in extrabases:
-        incdirs += [extrabase + d for d in origincdirs]
-        libdirs += [extrabase + d for d in origlibdirs]
+    incdirs = @buildinputs_include@
+    libdirs = @buildinputs_lib@
 
     for arg in DEPS[0].cflags.split():
         if arg[:2] == '-I':