https://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool/+bug/1197875
--- configure.orig	2005-06-07 09:45:12.000000000 -0500
+++ configure	2022-05-18 23:06:33.000000000 -0500
@@ -2042,67 +2042,6 @@
 
 
 
-# Extract the first word of "perl", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy perl; ac_word=$2
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  case $INTLTOOL_PERL in
-  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-  ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL="$INTLTOOL_PERL" # Let the user override the test with a path.
-  ;;
-  *)
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-
-  ;;
-esac
-fi
-INTLTOOL_PERL=$ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL
-
-if test -n "$INTLTOOL_PERL"; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $INTLTOOL_PERL" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$INTLTOOL_PERL" >&6
-else
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
-fi
-
-if test -z "$INTLTOOL_PERL"; then
-   { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: perl not found; required for intltool" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: perl not found; required for intltool" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-fi
-if test -z "`$INTLTOOL_PERL -v | fgrep '5.' 2> /dev/null`"; then
-   { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: perl 5.x required for intltool" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: perl 5.x required for intltool" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-fi
-if test "x" != "xno-xml"; then
-   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for XML::Parser" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for XML::Parser... $ECHO_C" >&6
-   if `$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "require XML::Parser" 2>/dev/null`; then
-       echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ok" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}ok" >&6
-   else
-       { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-   fi
-fi
 
 # Extract the first word of "iconv", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy iconv; ac_word=$2