diff --git a/glib/configure.ac b/glib/configure.ac
index 4653090..8fc86ed 100644
--- a/glib/configure.ac
+++ b/glib/configure.ac
@@ -293,8 +293,6 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 
-PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG(0.16)
-
 if test "x$enable_debug" = "xyes"; then
   if test x$cflags_set != xset ; then
       case " $CFLAGS " in
