--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5471,37 +5471,6 @@ $as_echo "Using $pfopen" >&6; }
 		    LIBS="$LIBS $pfopen"
 	    fi
     fi
-	libpcap=FAIL
-	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for local pcap library" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for local pcap library... " >&6; }
-
-# Check whether --with-system-libpcap was given.
-if test "${with_system_libpcap+set}" = set; then :
-  withval=$with_system_libpcap;
-fi
-
-	if test "x$with_system_libpcap" != xyes ; then
-		lastdir=FAIL
-    	places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
-		egrep '/libpcap-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*|-PRE-GIT)?$'`
-    	places2=`ls .. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,../," | \
-		egrep '/libpcap-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*|-PRE-GIT)?$'`
-    	for dir in $places $srcdir/../libpcap ../libpcap $srcdir/libpcap $places2 ; 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
-	fi
-    if test $libpcap = FAIL ; then
-	    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not found" >&5
-$as_echo "not found" >&6; }
 
 	    #
 	    # Look for pcap-config.
@@ -5657,51 +5626,6 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_lib_pcap_main" = xyes;
   libpcap="-lpcap"
 fi
 
-		if test $libpcap = FAIL ; then
-		    as_fn_error $? "see the INSTALL doc for more info" "$LINENO" 5
-		fi
-																																								{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for extraneous pcap header directories" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for extraneous pcap header directories... " >&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
-		    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not found" >&5
-$as_echo "not found" >&6; }
-		else
-		    V_INCLS="-I$d $V_INCLS"
-		    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: found -- -I$d added" >&5
-$as_echo "found -- -I$d added" >&6; }
-		fi
-	    fi
-    else
-	    V_PCAPDEP=$libpcap
-	    places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
-    	 		egrep '/libpcap-[0-9]*.[0-9]*(.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*)?$'`
-	    places2=`ls .. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,../," | \
-    	 		egrep '/libpcap-[0-9]*.[0-9]*(.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*)?$'`
-            pcapH=FAIL
-	    if test -r $d/pcap.h; then
-                    pcapH=$d
-	    else
-                for dir in $places $srcdir/../libpcap ../libpcap $srcdir/libpcap $places2 ; do
-                   if test -r $dir/pcap.h ; then
-                       pcapH=$dir
-                   fi
-                done
-            fi
-
-            if test $pcapH = FAIL ; then
-                    as_fn_error $? "cannot find pcap.h: see INSTALL" "$LINENO" 5
- 	    fi
-            V_INCLS="-I$pcapH $V_INCLS"
-	    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libpcap" >&5
-$as_echo "$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
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
