--- configure--	Wed Jan  5 21:46:38 2000
+++ configure	Wed Jan  5 21:46:42 2000
@@ -1425,28 +1425,6 @@
 done
 
 
-if test -n "$SOELIM"; then
-echo $ac_n "checking that $SOELIM understands the -I option""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1431: checking that $SOELIM understands the -I option" >&5
-echo ".so version.so" > conftest.in 2>&5
-$SOELIM -Ietc -Ibl/etc -Iblbl/etc conftest.in > conftest.out 2>&5
-if grep 1998 conftest.out 1>&5 2>&5; then
-	echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-else
-	echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
-	echo "$ac_t""" 1>&6
-	echo "$ac_t""	The FHist documentation set and manual pages" 1>&6
-	echo "$ac_t""	will be formatted and installed installed if" 1>&6
-	echo "$ac_t""	you first install GNU Groff with the patch found" 1>&6
-	echo "$ac_t""	at http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/ and then" 1>&6
-	echo "$ac_t""	re-run this ./configure script.  Remember to" 1>&6
-	echo "$ac_t""	use \`\`rm config.cache'' before you do." 1>&6
-	echo "$ac_t""" 1>&6
-	SOELIM=
-fi
-rm -rf conftest*
-fi
-
 echo $ac_n "checking for TIOCGWINSZ""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:1452: checking for TIOCGWINSZ" >&5
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
