--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7130,28 +7130,6 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}Using $pfopen" >&6; }
 		    LIBS="$LIBS $pfopen"
 	    fi
     fi
-    { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for local pcap library" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for local pcap library... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-    libpcap=FAIL
-    lastdir=FAIL
-    places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
-	egrep '/libpcap-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*|-PRE-GIT)?$'`
-    for dir in $places $srcdir/../libpcap $srcdir/libpcap ; do
-	    basedir=`echo $dir | sed -e 's/[ab][0-9]*$//' | \
-	        sed -e 's/-PRE-GIT$//' `
-	    if test $lastdir = $basedir ; then
-		    		    continue;
-	    fi
-	    lastdir=$dir
-	    if test -r $dir/libpcap.a ; then
-		    libpcap=$dir/libpcap.a
-		    d=$dir
-		    	    fi
-    done
-    if test $libpcap = FAIL ; then
-	    { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: not found" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}not found" >&6; }
-
 	    #
 	    # Look for pcap-config.
 	    #
@@ -7335,45 +7313,6 @@ if test $ac_cv_lib_pcap_main = yes; then
   libpcap="-lpcap"
 fi
 
-		if test $libpcap = FAIL ; then
-		    { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: see the INSTALL doc for more info" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: see the INSTALL doc for more info" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-		fi
-																																								{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for extraneous pcap header directories" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for extraneous pcap header directories... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-		if test \( ! -r /usr/local/include/pcap.h \) -a \
-			\( ! -r /usr/include/pcap.h \); then
-		    if test -r /usr/local/include/pcap/pcap.h; then
-			d="/usr/local/include/pcap"
-		    elif test -r /usr/include/pcap/pcap.h; then
-			d="/usr/include/pcap"
-		    fi
-		fi
-		if test -z "$d" ; then
-		    { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: not found" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}not found" >&6; }
-		else
-		    V_INCLS="-I$d $V_INCLS"
-		    { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: found -- -I$d added" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}found -- -I$d added" >&6; }
-		fi
-	    fi
-    else
-	    V_PCAPDEP=$libpcap
-	    places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
-    	 		egrep '/libpcap-[0-9]*.[0-9]*(.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*)?$'`
-	    if test -r $d/pcap.h; then
-		    V_INCLS="-I$d $V_INCLS"
-	    elif test -r $places/pcap.h; then
-		    V_INCLS="-I$places $V_INCLS"
-	    else
-                    { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot find pcap.h" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: cannot find pcap.h" >&2;}
-   { (exit see INSTALL); exit see INSTALL; }; }
- 	    fi
-	    { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $libpcap" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$libpcap" >&6; }
 	    # Extract the first word of "pcap-config", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy pcap-config; ac_word=$2
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5