--- configure.ac.orig	2024-04-14 16:07:10.000000000 -0400
+++ configure.ac	2024-04-14 16:08:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -40,17 +40,6 @@
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([xsltproc not found])
 fi
 
-dnl
-dnl Check for dblatex/fop (for pdf output)
-dnl
-AC_PATH_PROG([DBLATEX], [dblatex])
-if test -z "$DBLATEX"; then
-	AC_PATH_PROG([FOP], [fop])
-	if test -z "$FOP"; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([neither dblatex nor fop found, so no pdf output from xml])
-	fi
-fi
-
 dnl check for DocBook DTD and stylesheets in the local catalog.
 JH_CHECK_XML_CATALOG([-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN], [DocBook XML DTD V4.3])
 JH_CHECK_XML_CATALOG([http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/html/chunk.xsl], [DocBook XSL Stylesheets])