--- liblouisutdml-2.7.0.orig/configure.ac
+++ liblouisutdml-2.7.0/configure.ac
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 AC_CHECK_PROG([HELP2MAN], [help2man], [help2man])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_HELP2MAN], [test x$HELP2MAN = xhelp2man])
 
-AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG, pkg-config)
-
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE_DEPENDENCIES, [liblouis >= 3.0.0, libxml-2.0])
 
 # Checks for libraries.