diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README.md b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README.md
index 061b897d2..07c2ba98b 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README.md
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Once you've got the right hardware and software:
 
     # Create base images
     cd gitian-builder
-    bin/make-base-vm --suite precise --arch amd64
+    bin/make-base-vm --suite trusty --arch amd64
     cd ..
 
     # Get inputs (see doc/release-process.md for exact inputs needed and where to get them)
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index d4df9eceb..1b67a43f0 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -2,20 +2,19 @@
 name: "bitcoin-linux-0.11"
 enable_cache: true
 suites:
-- "precise"
+- "trusty"
 architectures:
 - "amd64"
 packages: 
 - "g++-multilib"
 - "git-core"
 - "pkg-config"
-- "autoconf2.13"
+- "autoconf"
 - "libtool"
 - "automake"
 - "faketime"
 - "bsdmainutils"
 - "binutils-gold"
-- "libstdc++6-4.6-pic"
 reference_datetime: "2015-06-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git"
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ script: |
   for prog in ${FAKETIME_PROGS}; do
     echo '#!/bin/bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "REAL=\`which -a ${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
-    echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
+    echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "export FAKETIME=\"${REFERENCE_DATETIME}\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${prog}
     chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ script: |
     for prog in ${FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS}; do
         echo '#!/bin/bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
+        echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "export FAKETIME=\"${REFERENCE_DATETIME}\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}-${prog}
         chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
@@ -70,14 +69,6 @@ script: |
     make ${MAKEOPTS} -C ${BASEPREFIX} HOST="${i}"
   done
 
-  # Ubuntu precise hack: Not an issue in later versions.
-  # Precise's libstdc++.a is non-pic. There's an optional libstdc++6-4.6-pic
-  #   package which provides libstdc++_pic.a, but the linker can't find it.
-  # Symlink it to a path that will be included in our link-line so that the
-  # linker picks it up before the default libstdc++.a.
-  # This is only necessary for 64bit.
-  ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/libstdc++_pic.a ${BASEPREFIX}/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libstdc++.a
-
   # Create the release tarball using (arbitrarily) the first host
   ./autogen.sh
   ./configure --prefix=${BASEPREFIX}/`echo "${HOSTS}" | awk '{print $1;}'`
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
index 36d7b0126..aa9494b7e 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: "bitcoin-dmg-signer"
 suites:
-- "precise"
+- "trusty"
 architectures:
 - "amd64"
 packages:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ script: |
   for prog in ${FAKETIME_PROGS}; do
     echo '#!/bin/bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "REAL=\`which -a ${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
-    echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
+    echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "export FAKETIME=\"${REFERENCE_DATETIME}\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${prog}
     chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index 47eaf647c..ff61e793c 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 name: "bitcoin-osx-0.11"
 enable_cache: true
 suites:
-- "precise"
+- "trusty"
 architectures:
 - "amd64"
 packages: 
 - "g++"
 - "git-core"
 - "pkg-config"
-- "autoconf2.13"
+- "autoconf"
 - "libtool"
 - "automake"
 - "faketime"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ script: |
   for prog in ${FAKETIME_PROGS}; do
     echo '#!/bin/bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "REAL=\`which -a ${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
-    echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
+    echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "export FAKETIME=\"${REFERENCE_DATETIME}\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${prog}
     chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ script: |
     for prog in ${FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS}; do
         echo '#!/bin/bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
+        echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "export FAKETIME=\"${REFERENCE_DATETIME}\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}-${prog}
         chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml
index 2a73050e0..a29d7ab47 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: "bitcoin-win-signer"
 suites:
-- "precise"
+- "trusty"
 architectures:
 - "amd64"
 packages:
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 5b3aa41e8..d96cbbdeb 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 name: "bitcoin-win-0.11"
 enable_cache: true
 suites:
-- "precise"
+- "trusty"
 architectures:
 - "amd64"
 packages: 
 - "g++"
 - "git-core"
 - "pkg-config"
-- "autoconf2.13"
+- "autoconf"
 - "libtool"
 - "automake"
 - "faketime"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ script: |
   for prog in ${FAKETIME_PROGS}; do
     echo '#!/bin/bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "REAL=\`which -a ${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
-    echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
+    echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "export FAKETIME=\"${REFERENCE_DATETIME}\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
     echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${prog}
     chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ script: |
     for prog in ${FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS}; do
         echo '#!/bin/bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
+        echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "export FAKETIME=\"${REFERENCE_DATETIME}\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}-${prog}
         chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}