diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 32a871c..fd4c1cc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AC_LANG([C])
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
-PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 # Handle bash completion
 AC_ARG_WITH([bash-completion-dir],