diff --git a/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/template b/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/template
index de2f46801d0..a3a83e595a7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/template
@@ -13,8 +13,5 @@ distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/libdmtx/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=9f510f6c26a2a73e44da28eae78308973cc274043873cc7f90606624066ec7d0
 
 pre_configure() {
-	# Remove check for non-existent common/getopt{,1}.c
-	sed -i configure.ac \
-		-e "/AC_CHECK_FUNC(\[getopt_long\]/s;.*;);"
 	autoreconf -if
 }