diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e89ac2c..df64719 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 AC_INIT([scrot], [1.4], [https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot/issues])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
-AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
-AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H([src/scrot_config.h])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_STDC
@@ -29,7 +27,5 @@ AC_SUBST(GIBLIB_CFLAGS)
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(getopt_long,,[LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS getopt.o getopt1.o"])
 AC_SUBST(LIBOBJS)
 
-m4_pattern_forbid([^AX_],[=> GNU autoconf-archive not present. <=])
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT