1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index afe5299..904cd67 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -6,21 +6,6 @@ test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
 ORIGDIR=`pwd`
 cd $srcdir
 
-# If this is a git checkout, verify that the submodules are initialized,
-# otherwise autotools will just fail with an unhelpful error message.
-if [ -d ".git" ] && [ -r ".gitmodules" ]
-then
-	# If git is not in PATH, this will not return 0, thus not keeping us
-	# from building. Since the message is worthless when git is not
-	# installed, this is what we want.
-	if git submodule status 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^-'
-	then
-		echo "You have uninitialized git submodules." >&2
-		echo "Please run: git submodule update --init" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-fi
-
 autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
 cd $ORIGDIR || exit $?