diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_deps b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_deps
index 39f246cd72ad2e4322d4b6fdbbbf350c6691d42e..a8d7799ffd5e760bdd170e6ab7b37609699652bd 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_deps
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_deps
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ else
 endif
 
 # Set package release versions
-GDS=gds-2.18.10
-LDASTOOLSFRAMECPP=ldas-tools-framecpp-2.6.2
-LDASTOOLSAL=ldas-tools-al-2.6.0
+GDS=gds-2.18.17
+LDASTOOLSFRAMECPP=ldas-tools-framecpp-2.6.5
+LDASTOOLSAL=ldas-tools-al-2.6.2
 SWIG=swig-3.0.7
 METAIO=metaio-8.5.1
 LIBFRAME=libframe-8.30
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ GSTPYTHON=gst-python-1.14.3
 GSTPLUGINSGOOD=gst-plugins-good-1.14.3
 GSTPLUGINSBASE=gst-plugins-base-1.14.3
 GSTREAMER=gstreamer-1.14.3
-GSL=gsl-2.3
+GSL=gsl-1.16
 ORC=orc-0.4.26
 FFTW=fftw-3.3.8
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ tarball:
 
 # KAFKA
 tarball/kafka_2.11-2.0.0.tgz: tarball
-	wget -nc -P tarball http://mirror.reverse.net/pub/apache/kafka/2.0.0/kafka_2.11-2.0.0.tgz
+	wget -nc -P tarball https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/2.0.0/kafka_2.11-2.0.0.tgz
 
 src/kafka_2.11-2.0.0: tarball/kafka_2.11-2.0.0.tgz src opt/bin opt/config opt/libs
 	cd src && tar -xzf ../tarball/kafka_2.11-2.0.0.tgz && cd .. && cp -r src/kafka_2.11-2.0.0/bin/* opt/bin/. && cp src/kafka_2.11-2.0.0/libs/* opt/libs/. && cp src/kafka_2.11-2.0.0/config/* opt/config/.
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_gstlal b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_gstlal
index 892deaa9ac5fd638b3cb3da6c66c6dba41179c3a..d06cd318c89d7224b1af04a32616faa4357992ea 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_gstlal
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_gstlal
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ DEPS_DIR:=/path/to/deps/dir
 # Set to build from git (0 = tarball, 1 = git)
 GSTLAL_GIT=1
 LIGOSCALD_GIT=0
-LIGOSEGMENTS_GIT=0
-PYTHONLIGOLW_GIT=0
-GLUE_GIT=0
 LALSUITE_GIT=0
 
 # Define which branch from git to build. Defaults to 'master', but the user can
@@ -49,30 +46,26 @@ LALSUITE_GIT=0
 #
 GSTLAL_GIT_BRANCH="master"
 LIGOSCALD_GIT_BRANCH="master"
-LIGOSEGMENTS_GIT_BRANCH="master"
-PYTHONLIGOLW_GIT_BRANCH="master"
-GLUE_GIT_BRANCH="master"
 LALSUITE_GIT_BRANCH="master"
 
 # Set package release versions
-GSTLALINSPIRAL=gstlal-inspiral-1.5.1
-GSTLALCALIBRATION=gstlal-calibration-1.2.1
-GSTLALBURST=gstlal-burst-0.0.5
-GSTLALUGLY=gstlal-ugly-1.5.5
-GSTLAL=gstlal-1.4.1
-LIGOSCALD=ligo-scald-0.3.0
-LIGOSEGMENTS=ligo-segments-1.1.1
-PYTHONLIGOLW=python-ligo-lw-1.4.0
-GLUE=lscsoft-glue-1.60.0
-LALAPPS=lalapps-6.22.0
-LALINFERENCE=lalinference-1.10.0
-LALPULSAR=lalpulsar-1.17.0
-LALINSPIRAL=lalinspiral-1.8.0
-LALBURST=lalburst-1.5.0
-LALSIMULATION=lalsimulation-1.8.0
-LALMETAIO=lalmetaio-1.4.0
-LALFRAME=lalframe-1.4.4
-LAL=lal-6.19.0
+GSTLALINSPIRAL=gstlal-inspiral-1.6.5
+GSTLALCALIBRATION=gstlal-calibration-1.2.10
+GSTLALBURST=gstlal-burst-0.1.1
+GSTLALUGLY=gstlal-ugly-1.6.4
+GSTLAL=gstlal-1.5.0
+LIGOSCALD=ligo-scald-0.4.1
+KAFKA_PYTHON=0.11.5
+LIBRDKAFKA=0.11.5
+LALAPPS=lalapps-6.24.0
+LALINFERENCE=lalinference-1.11.0
+LALPULSAR=lalpulsar-1.18.0
+LALINSPIRAL=lalinspiral-1.9.0
+LALBURST=lalburst-1.5.2
+LALSIMULATION=lalsimulation-1.9.0
+LALMETAIO=lalmetaio-1.5.1
+LALFRAME=lalframe-1.4.5
+LAL=lal-6.20.1
 
 # Specify target/dependency files
 GSTINSPIRAL_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/libgstlalinspiral.so
@@ -81,9 +74,6 @@ GSTLALBURST_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/libgstlalburst.so
 GSTLALUGLY_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstnds.so
 GSTLAL_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/libgstlal.so
 LIGOSCALD_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ligo_scald-0.1.0-py2.7.egg
-LIGOSEGMENTS_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ligo_segments-1.1.1-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg
-PYTHONLIGOLW_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/python2.7/site-packages/python_ligo_lw-1.4.0-py2.7.egg-info
-GLUE_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/bin/dmtdq_seg_insert
 LALAPPS_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/bin/lalapps_psinject
 LALINFER_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/liblalinference.so
 LALPULSAR_TARGET=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib/liblalpulsar.so
@@ -101,9 +91,6 @@ GSTLALBURST_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(GSTLALBURST).tar.gz
 GSTLALUGLY_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(GSTLALUGLY).tar.gz
 GSTLAL_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(GSTLAL).tar.gz
 LIGOSCALD_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(LIGOSCALD).tar.gz
-LIGOSEGMENTS_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(LIGOSEGMENTS).tar.gz
-PYTHONLIGOLW_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(PYTHONLIGOLW).tar.gz
-GLUE_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(GLUE).tar.gz
 LALAPPS_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(LALAPPS).tar.xz
 LALINFER_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(LALINFERENCE).tar.xz
 LALPULSAR_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(LALPULSAR).tar.xz
@@ -117,9 +104,6 @@ LAL_TAR_TARGET=$(TAR_DIR)/$(LAL).tar.xz
 # git repos
 GSTLAL_GIT_TARGET=$(GSTLAL_REPO)/TODO.md
 LIGOSCALD_GIT_TARGET=$(LIGOSCALD_REPO)/README.md
-LIGOSEGMENTS_GIT_TARGET=$(LIGOSEGMENTS_REPO)/README.rst
-PYTHONLIGOLW_GIT_TARGET=$(PYTHONLIGOLW_REPO)/MANIFEST.in
-GLUE_GIT_TARGET=$(GLUE_REPO)/README
 LALSUITE_GIT_TARGET=$(LALSUITE_REPO)/lal/README
 
 # Specify how many processors to run on
@@ -258,10 +242,10 @@ $(GSTLAL_TARGET) : $(LIGOSCALD_TARGET)
 # ligo-scald
 ligo-scald : $(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-scald.txt
 
-$(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-scald.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-segments.txt $(LIGOSCALD_TARGET)
+$(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-scald.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/kafka-python.txt $(LIGOSCALD_TARGET)
 	@echo $^ | sed -e "s@ @\n@g" > $@
 
-$(LIGOSCALD_TARGET) : $(LIGOSEGMENTS_TARGET)
+$(LIGOSCALD_TARGET) : $(KAFKA_PYTHON_TARGET)
 	@echo $(GREEN)ligo-scald$(WHITE) 1>&2
 	if [ "${LIGOSCALD_GIT}" = "1" ]; then \
 		cd $(LIGOSCALD_REPO) && python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
@@ -270,50 +254,28 @@ $(LIGOSCALD_TARGET) : $(LIGOSEGMENTS_TARGET)
 		cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(LIGOSCALD) && python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
 	fi ;
 
-# ligo-segments
-ligo-segments : $(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-segments.txt
+# confluent-kafka-python
+kafka-python : $(LOGS_DIR)/kafka-python.txt
 
-$(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-segments.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/python-ligo-lw.txt $(LIGOSEGMENTS_TARGET)
+$(LOGS_DIR)/kafka-python.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/librdkafka.txt $(KAFKA_PYTHON_TARGET)
 	@echo $^ | sed -e "s@ @\n@g" > $@
 
-$(LIGOSEGMENTS_TARGET) : $(PYTHONLIGOLW_TARGET)
-	@echo $(GREEN)ligo-segments$(WHITE) 1>&2
-	if [ "${LIGOSEGMENTS_GIT}" = "1" ]; then \
-		cd $(LIGOSEGMENTS_REPO) && CFLAGS="${GCCFLAGS}" python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
-	else \
-		tar -xzf $(TAR_DIR)/$(LIGOSEGMENTS).tar.gz -C $(SRC_DIR) ; \
-		cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(LIGOSEGMENTS) && CFLAGS="${GCCFLAGS}" python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
-	fi ;
+$(KAFKA_PYTHON_TARGET) : $(LIBRDKAFKA_TARGET)
+	@echo $(GREEN)kafka-python$(WHITE) 1>&2
+	tar -xzf $(TAR_DIR)/confluent-kafka-python-$(KAFKA_PYTHON).tar.gz -C $(SRC_DIR) ; \
+	cd $(SRC_DIR)/confluent-kafka-python-$(KAFKA_PYTHON) && CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" C_INCLUDE_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR)/include LIBRARY_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR)/lib python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
 
-# python-ligo-lw
-python-ligo-lw : $(LOGS_DIR)/python-ligo-lw.txt
+# librdkafka
+librdkafka : $(LOGS_DIR)/librdkafka.txt
 
-$(LOGS_DIR)/python-ligo-lw.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/glue.txt $(PYTHONLIGOLW_TARGET)
+$(LOGS_DIR)/librdkafka.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/lalsuite.txt $(LIBRDKAFKA_TARGET)
 	@echo $^ | sed -e "s@ @\n@g" > $@
 
-$(PYTHONLIGOLW_TARGET) : $(GLUE_TARGET)
-	@echo $(GREEN)python-ligo-lw$(WHITE) 1>&2
-	if [ "${PYTHONLIGOLW_GIT}" = "1" ]; then \
-		cd $(PYTHONLIGOLW_REPO) && CFLAGS="${GCCFLAGS}" python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
-	else \
-		tar -xzf $(TAR_DIR)/$(PYTHONLIGOLW).tar.gz -C $(SRC_DIR) ; \
-		cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(PYTHONLIGOLW) && CFLAGS="${GCCFLAGS}" python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
-	fi ;
-
-# glue
-glue : $(LOGS_DIR)/glue.txt
-
-$(LOGS_DIR)/glue.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/lalsuite.txt $(GLUE_TARGET)
-	@echo $^ | sed -e "s@ @\n@g" > $@
-
-$(GLUE_TARGET) : $(LALAPPS_TARGET)
-	@echo $(GREEN)glue$(WHITE) 1>&2
-	if [ "${GLUE_GIT}" = "1" ]; then \
-		cd $(GLUE_REPO) && CFLAGS="${GCCFLAGS}" python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
-	else \
-		tar -xzf $(TAR_DIR)/$(GLUE).tar.gz -C $(SRC_DIR) ; \
-		cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(GLUE) && CFLAGS="${GCCFLAGS}" python setup.py install --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
-	fi ;
+$(LIBRDKAFKA_TARGET) : $(LALAPPS_TARGET)
+	@echo $(GREEN)librdkafka$(WHITE) 1>&2
+	tar -xzf $(TAR_DIR)/librdkafka-$(LIBRDKAFKA).tar.gz -C $(SRC_DIR) ; \
+	cd $(SRC_DIR)/librdkafka-$(LIBRDKAFKA) && ./configure --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) ; \
+	cd $(SRC_DIR)/librdkafka-$(LIBRDKAFKA) && make -j$(CORES) && make install -j$(CORES) ; \
 
 # lalsuite
 lalsuite : $(LOGS_DIR)/lalsuite.txt
@@ -467,14 +429,9 @@ $(LAL_TARGET) : $(LOGS_DIR)/patch.txt
 # patches
 patch : $(LOGS_DIR)/patch.txt
 
-$(LOGS_DIR)/patch.txt : $(LOGS_DIR) $(PATCH_DIR)/gst1.14.patch
+$(LOGS_DIR)/patch.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)
 	echo $^ | sed -e "s@ @\n@g" > $@
 
-$(PATCH_DIR)/gst1.14.patch : $(LOGS_DIR)
-	@echo $(GREEN)patches$(WHITE) 1>&2
-	cp $(GSTLAL_REPO)/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/gst1.14.patch $(PATCH_DIR)
-	cd $(GSTLAL_REPO) && patch -p1 < $(PATCH_DIR)/gst1.14.patch
-
 # git repos
 $(LOGS_DIR) :
 	mkdir -p $(SRC_DIR) $(INSTALL_DIR) $(PATCH_DIR) $(TAR_DIR)
@@ -508,36 +465,6 @@ $(LOGS_DIR) :
 		wget --no-check-certificate http://software.ligo.org/lscsoft/source/lalsuite/$(LALSTOCHASTIC).tar.xz --directory-prefix=$(TAR_DIR) -nc ; \
 		wget --no-check-certificate http://software.ligo.org/lscsoft/source/lalsuite/$(LALAPPS).tar.xz --directory-prefix=$(TAR_DIR) -nc ; \
 	fi ;
-	if [ "${GLUE_GIT}" = "1" ]; then \
-		if [ -f $@ ] ; then \
-			echo "Glue git repo exists" ; \
-		else \
-			mkdir -p $(GLUE_REPO) ; \
-			git clone -b $(GLUE_GIT_BRANCH) https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/glue.git $(GLUE_REPO) ; \
-		fi ; \
-	else \
-		wget --no-check-certificate http://software.ligo.org/lscsoft/source/$(GLUE).tar.gz --directory-prefix=$(TAR_DIR) -nc ; \
-	fi ;
-	if [ "${PYTHONLIGOLW_GIT}" = "1" ]; then \
-		if [ -f $@ ] ; then \
-			echo "Python-ligo-lw git repo exists" ; \
-		else \
-			mkdir -p $(PYTHONLIGOLW_REPO) ; \
-			git clone -b $(PYTHONLIGOLW_GIT_BRANCH) https://git.ligo.org/kipp.cannon/python-ligo-lw.git $(PYTHONLIGOLW_REPO) ; \
-		fi ; \
-	else \
-		wget --no-check-certificate http://software.ligo.org/lscsoft/source/$(PYTHONLIGOLW).tar.gz --directory-prefix=$(TAR_DIR) -nc ; \
-	fi ;
-	if [ "${LIGOSEGMENTS_GIT}" = "1" ]; then \
-		if [ -f $@ ] ; then \
-			echo "Ligo-segments git repo exists" ; \
-		else \
-			mkdir -p $(LIGOSEGMENTS_REPO) ; \
-			git clone -b $(LIGOSEGMENTS_GIT_BRANCH) https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/ligo-segments.git $(LIGOSEGMENTS_REPO) ; \
-		fi ; \
-	else \
-		wget --no-check-certificate http://software.ligo.org/lscsoft/source/$(LIGOSEGMENTS).tar.gz --directory-prefix=$(TAR_DIR) -nc ; \
-	fi ;
 	if [ "${GSTLAL_GIT}" = "1" ]; then \
 		if [ -f $@ ] ; then \
 			echo "Gstlal git repo exists" ; \
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_icc_all b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_icc_all
index 00bb013ddcaeccf8f1d49688da16245031b9b599..4a119a96abfe68406283a99d775298a233c3d764 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_icc_all
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_icc_all
@@ -54,24 +54,24 @@ LIGOSCALD_GIT_BRANCH="master"
 LALSUITE_GIT_BRANCH="master"
 
 # Set package release versions
-GSTLALINSPIRAL=gstlal-inspiral-1.6.4
-GSTLALCALIBRATION=gstlal-calibration-1.2.9
+GSTLALINSPIRAL=gstlal-inspiral-1.6.5
+GSTLALCALIBRATION=gstlal-calibration-1.2.10
 GSTLALBURST=gstlal-burst-0.1.1
-GSTLALUGLY=gstlal-ugly-1.6.3
+GSTLALUGLY=gstlal-ugly-1.6.4
 GSTLAL=gstlal-1.5.0
-LIGOSCALD=ligo-scald-0.4.0
+LIGOSCALD=ligo-scald-0.4.1
 KAFKA_PYTHON=0.11.5
 LIBRDKAFKA=0.11.5
-LALAPPS=lalapps-6.23.0
-LALINFERENCE=lalinference-1.10.2
-LALPULSAR=lalpulsar-1.17.1
-LALINSPIRAL=lalinspiral-1.8.1
-LALBURST=lalburst-1.5.1
-LALSIMULATION=lalsimulation-1.8.2
-LALMETAIO=lalmetaio-1.5.0
-LALFRAME=lalframe-1.4.4
-LAL=lal-6.19.2
-GDS=gds-2.18.14
+LALAPPS=lalapps-6.24.0
+LALINFERENCE=lalinference-1.11.0
+LALPULSAR=lalpulsar-1.18.0
+LALINSPIRAL=lalinspiral-1.9.0
+LALBURST=lalburst-1.5.2
+LALSIMULATION=lalsimulation-1.9.0
+LALMETAIO=lalmetaio-1.5.1
+LALFRAME=lalframe-1.4.5
+LAL=lal-6.20.1
+GDS=gds-2.18.17
 LDASTOOLSFRAMECPP=ldas-tools-framecpp-2.6.5
 LDASTOOLSAL=ldas-tools-al-2.6.2
 SWIG=swig-3.0.7
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ $(GSTLAL_TARGET) : $(LIGOSCALD_TARGET)
 # ligo-scald
 ligo-scald : $(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-scald.txt
 
-#$(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-scald.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-segments.txt $(LIGOSCALD_TARGET)
 $(LOGS_DIR)/ligo-scald.txt : $(LOGS_DIR)/kafka-python.txt $(LIGOSCALD_TARGET)
 	@echo $^ | sed -e "s@ @\n@g" > $@
 
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/gst1.14.patch b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/gst1.14.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bc41d3e710e7711bdfcdf41f7e53095da0f88d9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/gst1.14.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,352 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/gstlal/gst/gst/Makefile.am b/gstlal/gst/gst/Makefile.am
-index c3b3344a5..ce4494d28 100644
---- a/gstlal/gst/gst/Makefile.am
-+++ b/gstlal/gst/gst/Makefile.am
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_builddir)/lib
- 
--plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstlal_adder.la libgstpythonplugin.la
-+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstlal_adder.la
- 
- libgstlal_adder_la_SOURCES = \
- 	gstadder.h gstadder.c \
-@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ libgstlal_adder_la_SOURCES = \
- libgstlal_adder_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(ORC_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_audio_CFLAGS) -DGST_PACKAGE_NAME=\"gstlal\" -DGST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN=\"\"
- libgstlal_adder_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/gstlal/libgstlal.la $(top_builddir)/lib/gstlal/libgstlaltypes.la
- libgstlal_adder_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(ORC_LIBS) $(gstreamer_LIBS) $(gstreamer_audio_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
--
--libgstpythonplugin_la_SOURCES = gstpythonplugin.c
--libgstpythonplugin_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS) $(PYGOBJECT_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_CFLAGS) $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) -DPYTHON_VERSION="\"$(PYTHON_VERSION)\"" -DPY_LIB_LOC="\"$(PYTHON_LIB_LOC)\"" -DPY_ABI_FLAGS="\"$(PYTHON_ABI_FLAGS)\"" -DPY_LIB_SUFFIX="\"$(PYTHON_LIB_SUFFIX)\"" -DGST_API_VERSION="\"$(GSTREAMER_RELEASE)\"" -DPLUGINDIR="\"$(plugindir)\""
--libgstpythonplugin_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(PYTHON_LIBS) $(gstreamer_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) $(PYGOBJECT_LIBS)
-diff --git a/gstlal/gst/gst/gstpythonplugin.c b/gstlal/gst/gst/gstpythonplugin.c
-deleted file mode 100644
-index f3b713db4..000000000
---- a/gstlal/gst/gst/gstpythonplugin.c
-+++ /dev/null
-@@ -1,326 +0,0 @@
--/* gst-python
-- * Copyright (C) 2009 Edward Hervey <bilboed@bilboed.com>
-- *               2005 Benjamin Otte <otte@gnome.org>
-- *
-- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
-- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-- *
-- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-- * Library General Public License for more details.
-- *
-- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-- * License along with this library; if not, write to the
-- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-- * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-- */
--
--#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
--#include "config.h"
--#endif
--
--/* include this first, before NO_IMPORT_PYGOBJECT is defined */
--#include <pygobject.h>
--#include <gst/gst.h>
--#include <gmodule.h>
--#include <Python.h>
--
--void *_PyGstElement_Type;
--
--GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (pyplugindebug);
--#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT pyplugindebug
--
--#define GST_ORIGIN "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org"
--
--static PyObject *element;
--
--static gboolean
--gst_python_plugin_load_file (GstPlugin * plugin, const char *name)
--{
--  PyObject *main_module, *main_locals;
--  PyObject *elementfactory;
--  PyObject *module;
--  const gchar *facname;
--  guint rank;
--  PyObject *class;
--
--  GST_DEBUG ("loading plugin %s", name);
--
--  main_module = PyImport_AddModule ("__main__");
--  if (main_module == NULL) {
--    GST_WARNING ("Could not get __main__, ignoring plugin %s", name);
--    PyErr_Print ();
--    PyErr_Clear ();
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--  main_locals = PyModule_GetDict (main_module);
--  module =
--      PyImport_ImportModuleEx ((char *) name, main_locals, main_locals, NULL);
--  if (!module) {
--    GST_DEBUG ("Could not load module, ignoring plugin %s", name);
--    PyErr_Print ();
--    PyErr_Clear ();
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--  /* Get __gstelementfactory__ from file */
--  elementfactory = PyObject_GetAttrString (module, "__gstelementfactory__");
--  if (!elementfactory) {
--    GST_DEBUG ("python file doesn't contain __gstelementfactory__");
--    PyErr_Clear ();
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--  /* parse tuple : name, rank, gst.ElementClass */
--  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (elementfactory, "sIO", &facname, &rank, &class)) {
--    GST_WARNING ("__gstelementfactory__ isn't correctly formatted");
--    PyErr_Print ();
--    PyErr_Clear ();
--    Py_DECREF (elementfactory);
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--  if (!PyObject_IsSubclass (class, (PyObject *) & PyGObject_Type)) {
--    GST_WARNING ("the class provided isn't a subclass of GObject.Object");
--    PyErr_Print ();
--    PyErr_Clear ();
--    Py_DECREF (elementfactory);
--    Py_DECREF (class);
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--  if (!g_type_is_a (pyg_type_from_object (class), GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)) {
--    GST_WARNING ("the class provided isn't a subclass of Gst.Element");
--    PyErr_Print ();
--    PyErr_Clear ();
--    Py_DECREF (elementfactory);
--    Py_DECREF (class);
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--  GST_INFO ("Valid plugin");
--  Py_DECREF (elementfactory);
--
--  return gst_element_register (plugin, facname, rank,
--      pyg_type_from_object (class));
--}
--
--static gboolean
--gst_python_load_directory (GstPlugin * plugin, gchar * path)
--{
--  GDir *dir;
--  const gchar *file;
--  GError *error = NULL;
--  gboolean ret = TRUE;
--
--  dir = g_dir_open (path, 0, &error);
--  if (!dir) {
--    /*retval should probably be depending on error, but since we ignore it... */
--    GST_DEBUG ("Couldn't open Python plugin dir: %s", error->message);
--    g_error_free (error);
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--  while ((file = g_dir_read_name (dir))) {
--    /* FIXME : go down in subdirectories */
--    if (g_str_has_suffix (file, ".py")) {
--      gsize len = strlen (file) - 3;
--      gchar *name = g_strndup (file, len);
--      ret &= gst_python_plugin_load_file (plugin, name);
--      g_free (name);
--    }
--  }
--  return TRUE;
--}
--
--static gboolean
--gst_python_plugin_load (GstPlugin * plugin)
--{
--  PyObject *sys_path;
--  const gchar *plugin_path;
--  gboolean ret = TRUE;
--
--  sys_path = PySys_GetObject ("path");
--
--  /* Mimic the order in which the registry is checked in core */
--
--  /* 1. check env_variable GST_PLUGIN_PATH */
--  plugin_path = g_getenv ("GST_PLUGIN_PATH");
--  if (plugin_path) {
--    char **list;
--    int i;
--
--    GST_DEBUG ("GST_PLUGIN_PATH set to %s", plugin_path);
--    list = g_strsplit (plugin_path, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
--    for (i = 0; list[i]; i++) {
--      gchar *sysdir = g_build_filename (list[i], "python", NULL);
--      PyList_Insert (sys_path, 0, PyUnicode_FromString (sysdir));
--      gst_python_load_directory (plugin, sysdir);
--      g_free (sysdir);
--    }
--
--    g_strfreev (list);
--  }
--
--  /* 2. Check for GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH */
--  plugin_path = g_getenv ("GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH");
--  if (plugin_path == NULL) {
--    char *home_plugins;
--
--    /* 2.a. Scan user and system-wide plugin directory */
--    GST_DEBUG ("GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH not set");
--
--    /* plugins in the user's home directory take precedence over
--     * system-installed ones */
--    home_plugins = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (),
--        ".gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION, "plugins", "python", NULL);
--    PyList_Insert (sys_path, 0, PyUnicode_FromString (home_plugins));
--    gst_python_load_directory (plugin, home_plugins);
--    g_free (home_plugins);
--
--    /* add the main (installed) library path */
--    PyList_Insert (sys_path, 0, PyUnicode_FromString (PLUGINDIR "/python"));
--    gst_python_load_directory (plugin, PLUGINDIR "/python");
--  } else {
--    gchar **list;
--    gint i;
--
--    /* 2.b. Scan GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH */
--    GST_DEBUG ("GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH set to %s", plugin_path);
--    list = g_strsplit (plugin_path, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
--    for (i = 0; list[i]; i++) {
--      gchar *sysdir;
--
--      sysdir = g_build_filename (list[i], "python", NULL);
--
--      PyList_Insert (sys_path, 0, PyUnicode_FromString (sysdir));
--      gst_python_load_directory (plugin, sysdir);
--      g_free (sysdir);
--    }
--    g_strfreev (list);
--  }
--
--
--  return ret;
--}
--
--static gboolean
--plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
--{
--  PyGILState_STATE state;
--  PyObject *gi, *require_version, *args, *gst, *dict, *pyplugin;
--  gboolean we_initialized = FALSE;
--  GModule *libpython;
--  gpointer has_python = NULL;
--  PyObject *seq, *list;
--  int i, len;
--
--  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (pyplugindebug, "pyplugin", 0,
--      "Python plugin loader");
--
--  gst_plugin_add_dependency_simple (plugin,
--      "HOME/.gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION
--      "/plugins/python:GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH/python:GST_PLUGIN_PATH/python",
--      PLUGINDIR "/python:HOME/.gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION "/plugins/python:"
--      "GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH/python:GST_PLUGIN_PATH/python", NULL,
--      GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_NONE);
--
--  GST_LOG ("Checking to see if libpython is already loaded");
--  if (g_module_symbol (g_module_open (NULL, G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL),
--          "_Py_NoneStruct", &has_python) && has_python) {
--    GST_LOG ("libpython is already loaded");
--  } else {
--    GST_LOG ("loading libpython");
--    libpython =
--        g_module_open (PY_LIB_LOC "/libpython" PYTHON_VERSION PY_ABI_FLAGS
--        "." PY_LIB_SUFFIX, 0);
--    if (!libpython) {
--      g_critical ("Couldn't g_module_open libpython. Reason: %s",
--          g_module_error ());
--      return FALSE;
--    }
--  }
--
--  if (!Py_IsInitialized ()) {
--    GST_LOG ("python wasn't initialized");
--    /* set the correct plugin for registering stuff */
--    Py_Initialize ();
--    we_initialized = TRUE;
--  } else {
--    GST_LOG ("python was already initialized");
--    state = PyGILState_Ensure ();
--  }
--
--  GST_LOG ("initializing pygobject");
--  if (!pygobject_init (3, 0, 0)) {
--    g_critical ("pygobject initialization failed");
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--  gi = PyImport_ImportModule ("gi");
--  if (!gi) {
--    g_critical ("can't find gi");
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--
--  require_version = PyObject_GetAttrString (gi, (char *) "require_version");
--  args = PyTuple_Pack (2, PyUnicode_FromString ("Gst"),
--      PyUnicode_FromString ("1.0"));
--  PyObject_CallObject (require_version, args);
--  Py_DECREF (require_version);
--  Py_DECREF (args);
--  Py_DECREF (gi);
--
--  gst = PyImport_ImportModule ("gi.repository.Gst");
--  if (!gst) {
--    g_critical ("can't find gi.repository.Gst");
--    return FALSE;
--  }
--
--  if (we_initialized) {
--    PyObject *tmp;
--
--    dict = PyModule_GetDict (gst);
--    if (!dict) {
--      g_critical ("gi.repository.Gst is no dict");
--      return FALSE;
--    }
--
--    tmp =
--        PyObject_GetAttr (PyMapping_GetItemString (dict,
--            "_introspection_module"), PyUnicode_FromString ("__dict__"));
--
--    _PyGstElement_Type = PyMapping_GetItemString (tmp, "Element");
--
--    if (!_PyGstElement_Type) {
--      g_critical ("Could not get Gst.Element");
--      return FALSE;
--    }
--
--    pyplugin = pygobject_new (G_OBJECT (plugin));
--    if (!pyplugin || PyModule_AddObject (gst, "__plugin__", pyplugin) != 0) {
--      g_critical ("Couldn't set __plugin__ attribute");
--      if (pyplugin)
--        Py_DECREF (pyplugin);
--      return FALSE;
--    }
--  }
--
--  gst_python_plugin_load (plugin);
--
--  if (we_initialized) {
--    /* We need to release the GIL since we're going back to C land */
--    PyEval_SaveThread ();
--  } else
--    PyGILState_Release (state);
--  return TRUE;
--}
--
--GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
--    GST_VERSION_MINOR, python,
--    "loader for plugins written in python",
--    plugin_init, VERSION, "LGPL", PACKAGE_NAME, GST_ORIGIN)