--- Configure	Thu Oct 18 17:02:36 2007
+++ Configure	Thu Oct 18 17:03:04 2007
@@ -8678,11 +8678,6 @@
 	$aptget 'ADVICE: Run "apt-get install zlib1g-dev".' >&4
 fi
 
-if [ "$iconv" != yes ]; then
-	bailout=yes
-	echo 'ERROR: Cannot find iconv(). Library or header files might be missing.' >&4
-fi
-
 if [ "$frontend" != none ]; then
 case "$d_gtk" in
 "$undef")
