--- reprepro-3.5.2/configure.ac
+++ reprepro-3.5.2/configure.ac
@@ -135,20 +135,17 @@
 	;;
 	yes)
 	AC_CHECK_HEADER(gpgme.h,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["no gpgme.h found"])])
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(gpg-error,gpg_strsource,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["no libgpg-error found"])],)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(gpgme,gpgme_get_protocol_name,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["no libgpgme found (need at least 0.4.1)"])],)
 	;;
 	*)
 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$withval/include"
 	LIBS="$LIBS -L$withval/lib"
 	AC_CHECK_HEADER(gpgme.h,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["no gpgme.h found"])])
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(gpg-error,gpg_strsource,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["no libgpg-error found"])],)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(gpgme,gpgme_get_protocol_name,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["no libgpgme found (need at least 0.4.1)"])],)
 	;;
 	esac
 ],[dnl default is to behave like yes (for libgpgme only)
 	AC_CHECK_HEADER(gpgme.h,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["no gpgme.h found (to disable run with --without-libgpgme)"])])
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(gpg-error,gpg_strsource,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["no libgpg-error found (to disable run with --without-libgpgme)"])],)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(gpgme,gpgme_get_protocol_name,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(["did not find libgpgme versoion 0.4.1 or later (to disable run with --without-libgpgme)"])],)
 ])