--- aclocal.m4.orig	2008-01-23 12:03:50.000000000 +0100
+++ aclocal.m4	2008-01-23 12:04:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -237,21 +237,6 @@
     AC_MSG_CHECKING(for local pcap library)
     libpcap=FAIL
     lastdir=FAIL
-    places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
-	egrep '/libpcap-[[0-9]]*.[[0-9]]*(.[[0-9]]*)?([[ab]][[0-9]]*)?$'`
-    for dir in $places $srcdir/../libpcap $srcdir/libpcap ; do
-	    basedir=`echo $dir | sed -e 's/[[ab]][[0-9]]*$//'`
-	    if test $lastdir = $basedir ; then
-		    dnl skip alphas when an actual release is present
-		    continue;
-	    fi
-	    lastdir=$dir
-	    if test -r $dir/libpcap.a ; then
-		    libpcap=$dir/libpcap.a
-		    d=$dir
-		    dnl continue and select the last one that exists
-	    fi
-    done
     if test $libpcap = FAIL ; then
 	    AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
 	    AC_CHECK_LIB(pcap, main, libpcap="-lpcap")
@@ -288,18 +273,6 @@
 		$2="-I$d $$2"
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(found -- -I$d added)
 	    fi
-    else
-	    $1=$libpcap
-	    places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
-    	 		egrep '/libpcap-[[0-9]]*.[[0-9]]*(.[[0-9]]*)?([[ab]][[0-9]]*)?$'`
-	    if test -r $d/pcap.h; then
-		    $2="-I$d $$2"
-	    elif test -r $places/pcap.h; then
-		    $2="-I$places $$2"
-	    else
-                    AC_MSG_ERROR(cannot find pcap.h, see INSTALL)
- 	    fi
-	    AC_MSG_RESULT($libpcap)
     fi
     LIBS="$libpcap $LIBS"
     case "$host_os" in