--- totem-2.23.4/configure.in~	2008-08-06 12:52:57.000000000 +0200
+++ totem-2.23.4/configure.in	2008-08-06 12:54:00.449695790 +0200
@@ -331,33 +331,6 @@
 	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_CFLAGS])
 	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS])
 
-	dnl FIXME: do we really need this test?
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we can build a shared library depending on libpython])
-	rm -rf testpython
-	mkdir testpython
-	cd testpython
-	cat > testpython.c <<EOF
-#include <Python.h>
-int testpython (void)
-{
-Py_Exit (0);
-}
-EOF
-
-	if /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile ${CC} $PYTHON_CFLAGS -c testpython.c >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
-		/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link ${CC} -o testpython.la -rpath `pwd` -module -avoid-version $PYTHON_LIB_LOC testpython.lo $PYTHON_LIBS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
-		grep 'dlname.*testpython' testpython.la >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		result=yes
-	else
-		result=no
-		have_python=no
-	fi
-	cd ..
-	rm -rf testpython
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([$result])
-fi
-
-if test "x$have_python" != "xno"; then
 	PYGTK_REQUIRED=2.12.0
 
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYGTK], [
