1diff --git a/configure b/configure
2index c9a442b..a596bfe 100755
3--- a/configure
4+++ b/configure
5@@ -24491,12 +24491,6 @@ else
6 /* end confdefs.h. */
7
8 #include <gcrypt.h>
9-/* GCRY_MODULE_ID_USER was added in 1.4.4 and gc-libgcrypt.c
10- will fail on startup if we don't have 1.4.4 or later, so
11- test for it early. */
12-#if !defined GCRY_MODULE_ID_USER
13-error too old libgcrypt
14-#endif
15
16 int
17 main ()
18diff --git a/gl/m4/gc.m4 b/gl/m4/gc.m4
19index b352e33..4bab9f4 100644
20--- a/gl/m4/gc.m4
21+++ b/gl/m4/gc.m4
22@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_GC],
23 if test "$libgcrypt" != no; then
24 AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS([gcrypt], [gpg-error], [
25 #include <gcrypt.h>
26-/* GCRY_MODULE_ID_USER was added in 1.4.4 and gc-libgcrypt.c
27- will fail on startup if we don't have 1.4.4 or later, so
28- test for it early. */
29-#if !defined GCRY_MODULE_ID_USER
30-error too old libgcrypt
31-#endif
32 ])
33 fi
34 ])