--- configure.ac.old	2007-01-31 23:22:11.000000000 +0100
+++ configure.ac	2007-01-31 23:22:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -258,26 +258,6 @@
         AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find valid versions of required WorldForge maths library, wfmath. Please see http://worldforge.org/dev/eng/servers/cyphesis for details of the libraries required and where to obtain them.])
     ])
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(AVAHI, avahi-client,
-    [
-        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $AVAHI_CFLAGS"
-        MDNS_LIBS="$MDNS_LIBS $AVAHI_LIBS"
-        AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AVAHI, 1, [Define to 1 if you have avahi libs.])
-    ],
-    [
-        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HOWL, howl,
-            [
-                CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $HOWL_CFLAGS"
-                MDNS_LIBS="$MDNS_LIBS $HOWL_LIBS"
-                AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBHOWL, 1, [Define to 1 if you have howl libs.])
-            ],
-            [
-                AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-                AC_MSG_NOTICE([Ommiting DNS-SD functionality.])
-            ])
-    ])
-
 AM_PATH_PSQL(7.1.0,
     [
         if test "$PG_CFLAGS" != "-I/usr/include"; then