diff --git a/autofiles.sums b/autofiles.sums
index 2e3b521b..3f6fca1f 100644
--- a/autofiles.sums
+++ b/autofiles.sums
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0f7774ac1a4dc4abdbb5b41200cb0300  configure.ac
+778da79a0593929b27db80016877d550  configure.ac
 d16a8e8947744745887520e331e59e39  m4/ax_random_device.m4
 2cc70ef55adb11e355f6e8c30dcab090  m4/libtool.m4
 064af1799febaa676203302bbf359180  m4/ltoptions.m4
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b3fac871..ec5d9571 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2608,10 +2608,6 @@ if test "$AUTOCONF$AUTOHEADER$ACLOCAL$MD5SUM" = "1111"; then
    fi
 fi
 
-if md5sum configure.ac m4/* | diff -q - autofiles.sums; then
-    echo "Automatically generated files are stale; rerun autogen.sh"
-fi
-
 ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 02413ea1..2765477f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ if test "$AUTOCONF$AUTOHEADER$ACLOCAL$MD5SUM" = "1111"; then
    fi
 fi
 
-if md5sum configure.ac m4/* | diff -q - autofiles.sums; then
-    echo "Automatically generated files are stale; rerun autogen.sh"
-fi
-
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CC_C99
 AC_PROG_CXX