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"