--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@
  [alive_cv_nice_ping=yes],
  [alive_cv_nice_ping=no])])
 
-dnl Luckily both inetutils-ping and iputils-ping are nice.
-AS_IF([test xno = x$alive_cv_nice_ping],
-[AC_MSG_ERROR([$PING does not support ‘-n -c 1’.
-Please install a ping program that does, and retry.])])
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   Makefile
   src/Makefile