diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 1503d4ee23..693f2c8dd1 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 PKG_NAME=Firebird3
 SRCDIR=`dirname $0`
-DIE=0
 
 if [ -z "$AUTORECONF" ]
 then
@@ -22,25 +21,6 @@ export AUTOMAKE
 ACLOCAL='aclocal -I .'
 export ACLOCAL
 
-VER=`$AUTORECONF --version|grep '^[Aa]utoreconf'|sed 's/^[^0-9]*//'`
-case "$VER" in
- 0* | 1\.* | 2\.[0-9] | 2\.[0-9][a-z]* | \
- 2\.[1-5][0-9] | 2\.[1-5][0-9][a-z]* | 2\.6[0-8] | 2\.6[0-8][a-z]* )
-  echo
-  echo "**Error**: You must have autoconf 2.69 or later installed."
-  echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution/OS,"
-  echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/"
-  DIE=1
-  ;;
-esac
-
-# Put other tests for programs here!
-
-# If anything failed, exit now.
-if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # Give a warning if no arguments to 'configure' have been supplied.
 if test -z "$*" -a x$NOCONFIGURE = x; then
   echo "**Warning**: I am going to run \`configure' with no arguments."