--- ./configure.ac	2023-08-15 12:21:19.000000000 -0400
+++ ./configure.ac	2023-08-15 12:21:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
 dnl Wrap in m4_ifdef to avoid breaking on older platforms
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 LT_PREREQ([2.2.6])
-# --enable-new-dtags: Use RUNPATH instead of RPATH.
-# It is necessary to have this done before libtool does linker detection.
-# See also: https://github.com/kronosnet/kronosnet/issues/107
-AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,--enable-new-dtags],
-		   [AM_LDFLAGS=-Wl,--enable-new-dtags],
-		   [AC_MSG_ERROR(["Linker support for --enable-new-dtags is required"])])
 AC_SUBST([AM_LDFLAGS])
 saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 LDFLAGS="$AM_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"