--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
     [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBUSB,[],[Defined if libusb is present])],
     [AC_MSG_WARN([libusb-1.0 not found])])
 
-MIN_SDL_VERSION=1.2.4
-AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_LIBSDL, [SDL library])
-AM_PATH_SDL($MIN_SDL_VERSION, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBSDL) HAVE_LIBSDL="yes"])
-AC_SUBST(SDL_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(SDL_LIBS)
-
 case "$host" in
 *-*-linux*)
     have_linux=true
@@ -233,4 +227,4 @@
       Build V4L examples:               ${VIDEXAMPLESMSG}"
 fi
 dnl extra newline:
-echo ""
\ No newline at end of file
+echo ""
