diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index c928555f642965dd9d9e138515ff8c8b113ee03b..5cd30c2df8fbe558ecfb7c1a567d55f26c185c34 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -890,13 +890,13 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-if test "$USE_PERL" = "true"
-then
-	if test ! -x "$prefix"/bin/postgres -a ! -x "$ac_default_prefix"/bin/postgres
-	then	echo "configure: warning: perl support disabled; postgres not previously installed" 1>&2
-		USE_PERL=
-	fi
-fi
+#if test "$USE_PERL" = "true"
+#then
+#	if test ! -x "$prefix"/bin/postgres -a ! -x "$ac_default_prefix"/bin/postgres
+#	then	echo "configure: warning: perl support disabled; postgres not previously installed" 1>&2
+#		USE_PERL=
+#	fi
+#fi
 export USE_PERL
 
 echo $ac_n "checking setting ASSERT CHECKING""... $ac_c" 1>&6
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 1fdf2cd8c0c74459ad811fde0a023407069919d7..b3b2d80abdec0aaa55cdd50e27ad58d472131330 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -265,15 +265,15 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(
    USE_PERL=false; AC_MSG_RESULT(disabled)
 )
 
-dnl Verify that postgres is already installed
-dnl per instructions for perl interface installation
-if test "$USE_PERL" = "true"
-then
-	if test ! -x "$prefix"/bin/postgres -a ! -x "$ac_default_prefix"/bin/postgres
-	then	AC_MSG_WARN(perl support disabled; postgres not previously installed)
-		USE_PERL=
-	fi
-fi
+#dnl Verify that postgres is already installed
+#dnl per instructions for perl interface installation
+#if test "$USE_PERL" = "true"
+#then
+#	if test ! -x "$prefix"/bin/postgres -a ! -x "$ac_default_prefix"/bin/postgres
+#	then	AC_MSG_WARN(perl support disabled; postgres not previously installed)
+#		USE_PERL=
+#	fi
+#fi
 export USE_PERL
 
 dnl Unless we specify the command line options