diff --git a/conf-scripts/fedora-19-conf b/conf-scripts/fedora-19-conf
index e3929a2d2fc9d6dd9957ee80853a4032e2579eea..a6f71d254dc0eb6e189519e5d817ecaf24cfd400 100755
--- a/conf-scripts/fedora-19-conf
+++ b/conf-scripts/fedora-19-conf
@@ -7,23 +7,20 @@
 function usage
 {
   echo 'usage:'  
-  echo '  fedora-19-conf <OST_ROOT> <QMEAN_ROOT> [OPTIONS]'
+  echo '  fedora-19-conf <OST_ROOT> [OPTIONS]'
   echo '  OST_ROOT is the staging directory of OST.'
-  echo '  QMEAN_ROOT is the staging directory of QMEAN.'
   echo '  Valid options are anything that CMake accepts.'
   exit
 }
 
 NUM_PARAMS=$#
-if [[ "$NUM_PARAMS" -lt "2" ]] ; then
-  echo 'You must specify the locations of OST and QMEAN (in that order).';
+if [[ "$NUM_PARAMS" -lt "1" ]] ; then
+  echo 'You must specify the locations of OST.';
   usage
 fi
 
 OST_ROOT=$(cd $1; pwd)
 shift
-QMEAN_ROOT=$(cd $1; pwd)
-shift
 PROMOD3_SRC=$(cd `dirname $0`; pwd)
 # Going up one level is intentionally, please go out of source. Just create a
 # directory at your repository root, prefixed 'build'. Change into it and call
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ PROMOD3_SRC=$(cd `dirname $0`; pwd)
 PROMOD3_SRC=${PROMOD3_SRC}/..
 
 cmake $PROMOD3_SRC -DOST_ROOT=$OST_ROOT     \
-                   -DQMEAN_ROOT=$QMEAN_ROOT \
                    -DPYTHON_ROOT=/usr       \
                    $@
 
diff --git a/conf-scripts/osx-11.4.2-conf b/conf-scripts/osx-11.4.2-conf
index ad697a82822d2f89a0d7975cc1346bbf353034ce..020730b37689c25caacc315c6218e91956a12640 100755
--- a/conf-scripts/osx-11.4.2-conf
+++ b/conf-scripts/osx-11.4.2-conf
@@ -9,23 +9,20 @@
 function usage
 {
   echo 'usage:'  
-  echo '  osx-11.4.2-conf <OST_ROOT> <QMEAN_ROOT> [OPTIONS]'
+  echo '  osx-11.4.2-conf <OST_ROOT> [OPTIONS]'
   echo '  OST_ROOT is the staging directory of OST.'
-  echo '  QMEAN_ROOT is the staging directory of QMEAN.'
   echo '  Valid options are anything that CMake accepts.'
   exit
 }
 
 NUM_PARAMS=$#
-if [[ "$NUM_PARAMS" -lt "2" ]] ; then
-  echo 'You must specify the location of OST and QMEAN (in that order).';
+if [[ "$NUM_PARAMS" -lt "1" ]] ; then
+  echo 'You must specify the locations of OST.';
   usage
 fi
 
 OST_ROOT=$(cd $1; pwd)
 shift
-QMEAN_ROOT=$(cd $1; pwd)
-shift
 PROMOD3_SRC=$(cd `dirname $0`; pwd)
 # Going up one level is intentionally, please go out of source. Just create a
 # directory at your repository root, prefixed 'build'. Change into it and call
@@ -33,7 +30,6 @@ PROMOD3_SRC=$(cd `dirname $0`; pwd)
 PROMOD3_SRC=${PROMOD3_SRC}/..
 
 cmake $PROMOD3_SRC -DOST_ROOT=$OST_ROOT     \
-                   -DQMEAN_ROOT=$QMEAN_ROOT \
                    -DPYTHON_ROOT=/opt/local \
                    -DBOOST_ROOT=/opt/local  \
                    -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/ \