diff --git a/Makefile.autoconf.in b/Makefile.autoconf.in
index f019da4cf..ca7eb227e 100644
--- a/Makefile.autoconf.in
+++ b/Makefile.autoconf.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ ENABLE_OCAMLOPT_CUSTOM_CC = @ENABLE_OCAMLOPT_CUSTOM_CC@
 ENABLE_OCAML_BINANNOT = @ENABLE_OCAML_BINANNOT@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 GNU_SED = @GNU_SED@
+HAS_OBJC = @HAS_OBJC@
 INFER_MAJOR = @INFER_MAJOR@
 INFER_MAN_LAST_MODIFIED = @INFER_MAN_LAST_MODIFIED@
 INFER_MINOR = @INFER_MINOR@
@@ -74,11 +75,11 @@ SDKROOT = @SDKROOT@
 SHASUM = @SHASUM@
 USER_JAVA_HOME = @USER_JAVA_HOME@
 UTOP = @UTOP@
-XCODE_SELECT = @XCODE_SELECT@
+WINDOWS_BUILD = @WINDOWS_BUILD@
 XCODE_BASE = @XCODE_BASE@
-HAS_OBJC = @HAS_OBJC@
+XCODE_SELECT = @XCODE_SELECT@
 XCPRETTY = @XCPRETTY@
-WINDOWS_BUILD = @WINDOWS_BUILD@
+XCRUN = @XCRUN@
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring s,$(MAKEFLAGS)))
 # quiet mode
diff --git a/build-infer.sh b/build-infer.sh
index 29897f827..d4ef13c81 100755
--- a/build-infer.sh
+++ b/build-infer.sh
@@ -142,17 +142,6 @@ echo >&2
 echo "installing infer dependencies; this can take up to 30 minutes... " >&2
 opam_retry install_opam_deps
 
-#fix for Mojave
-if [ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin18" ]; then
-    if [ "$(command -v xcode-select)" == "" ]; then
-        xcode-select --install
-    fi
-    SDKROOT=${SDKROOT:-/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk}
-    if [ -d "$SDKROOT" ]; then
-        export SDKROOT
-    fi
-fi
-
 if [ "$ONLY_SETUP_OPAM" == "yes" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 513f7a036..80912343b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -130,8 +130,18 @@ AS_IF(
         [XCODE_BASE=$XCODE_SELECT_OUT HAS_OBJC=yes],
   [HAS_OBJC=no])
 
+AC_CHECK_TOOL([XCRUN], [xcrun], [no])
+
+AC_ARG_VAR([SDKROOT], [path to the OSX platform SDK used by clang])
+AS_IF(
+  [test "x$SDKROOT" = "x" && test "x$XCRUN" != "xno"],
+        [SDKROOT=`xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path`]
+)
+
 AC_SUBST([XCODE_BASE])
 AC_SUBST([HAS_OBJC])
+AC_SUBST([SDKROOT])
+
 
 # prefer clang over gcc because the plugins makes use of
 # clang-specific #pragma's
@@ -350,8 +360,6 @@ AS_IF([test "$SED" != "xno"], [
 AC_SUBST([GNU_SED])
 
 AC_CHECK_TOOL([BREW], [brew], [no])
-AC_ARG_VAR([SDKROOT], [path to the OSX platform SDK used by clang])
-AC_SUBST([SDKROOT])
 
 AC_CHECK_TOOL([INSTALL_NAME_TOOL], [install_name_tool], [no])
 AC_SUBST([INSTALL_NAME_TOOL])
diff --git a/infer/models/c/src/Makefile b/infer/models/c/src/Makefile
index 0c1bd3bcb..d8534ecad 100644
--- a/infer/models/c/src/Makefile
+++ b/infer/models/c/src/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CFLAGS=-c -w
 all: $(OBJECTS) 
 
 clean:
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf $(OBJECTS) 
+	$(QUIET)rm -rf $(OBJECTS)
 
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@