diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 84bfa310..f17ed290 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -256,49 +256,6 @@ if (test ! -z "$ac_cv_commondir" && test "x$ac_cv_commondir" != "x(system)") ; t
 	fi
 fi
 
-AC_SUBST(LIBPCSC)
-LIBPCSC="-lpcsclite"
-found_pcsclite=no
-saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
-saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-saved_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-AC_ARG_WITH(pcsclite,
-	[  --with-pcsclite=PATH    use PC/SC Lite in PATH],
-	[
-	for pcscdir in /pcsc ""; do
-		CPPFLAGS="$saved_CPPFLAGS"
-		LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS"
-		LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
-
-		if test -d "$withval/lib$pcscdir"; then
-			if test -n "${need_dash_r}"; then
-				LDFLAGS="-L${withval}/lib${pcscdir}/ -R${withval}/lib${pcscdir}/ ${LDFLAGS}"
-			else
-				LDFLAGS="-L${withval}/lib${pcscdir} ${LDFLAGS}"
-			fi
-		else
-			if test -n "${need_dash_r}"; then
-				LDFLAGS="-L${withval}${pcscdir} -R${withval}${pcscdir} ${LDFLAGS}"
-			else
-				LDFLAGS="-L${withval}${pcscdir} ${LDFLAGS}"
-			fi
-		fi
-		if test -d "$withval/include"; then
-			CPPFLAGS="-I${withval}/include${pcscdir} ${CPPFLAGS}"
-		else
-			CPPFLAGS="-I${withval}${pcscdir} ${CPPFLAGS}"
-		fi
-		AC_CHECK_LIB(pcsclite, SCardEstablishContext, found_pcsclite=yes, found_pcsclite=no)
-		if test "x$found_pcsclite" = "xyes" ; then
-			break;
-		fi
-	done
-	]
-)
-if test "x$found_pcsclite" != "xyes" ; then
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(pcsclite, SCardEstablishContext, , AC_MSG_ERROR([*** PC/SC Lite missing - please install first]))
-fi
-LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_PCSCLITE, test "x$found_pcsclite" = "xyes")
 
 AC_SUBST(LIBDL)
@@ -477,8 +434,6 @@ if (test x$enable_debug = xyes); then
 	AC_DEFINE(DEBUG, 1, [Enable debug messages.])
 fi
 
-AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_PCSC)
-CFLAGS_PCSC=""
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_OPENSC)
 CFLAGS_OPENSC="-I\${top_srcdir}/src/libopensc"
 AC_SUBST(LIBOPENSC)