Index: configure.ac
--- configure.ac.orig
+++ configure.ac
@@ -428,30 +428,6 @@ gthread-2.0 \
 libxml-2.0"
 
 if test "x$enable_spell_check" != "xno"; then
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for optional libenchant development files])
-	PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(
-		[enchant],
-		[
-		 BF_dependencies="$BF_dependencies enchant"
-		 AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBENCHANT], [1], [Define to 1 if you have the 'enchant' library (-lenchant).])
-                 PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(
-			[enchant >= 1.4],
-			[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBENCHANT_1_4], [1], [Define to 1 if you have the 'enchant' library (-lenchant) >= 1.4.])]
-		 )
-		 AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-		],
-		[
-		 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(
-			[enchant.h enchant/enchant.h],
-			AC_CHECK_LIB(
-				[enchant],
-				[enchant_dict_check],
-				[AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
-				[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]
-			)
-		 )
-		]
-	)
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for optional libenchant-2 development files])
 	PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(
 		[enchant-2],