diff --git a/mscgen/configure.ac b/mscgen/configure.ac
index 2cee9f9..42f6a1b 100755
--- a/mscgen/configure.ac
+++ b/mscgen/configure.ac
@@ -46,21 +46,8 @@ AH_TEMPLATE([REMOVE_PNG_OUTPUT],
 if test "x$with_libgd" != "xno"; then
 
 
-  # Get compile and link options from either gdlib-config or pkg-config
-  AC_PATH_PROG(GDLIB_CONFIG,gdlib-config)
-  if test -n "$GDLIB_CONFIG"; then
-
-    # Allow command line override as per PKG_CHECK macro
-    if test -z "$GDLIB_CFLAGS"; then
-      GDLIB_CFLAGS="`$GDLIB_CONFIG --cflags`"
-    fi
-    if test -z "$GDLIB_LIBS"; then
-      GDLIB_LIBS="`$GDLIB_CONFIG --ldflags` `$GDLIB_CONFIG --libs`"
-    fi
-
-  else
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GDLIB], [gdlib])
-  fi
+  # Get compile and link options from pkg-config
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GDLIB], [gdlib])
 
   # Update flags with what we've found so far
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $GDLIB_CFLAGS"