diff --git a/config/tcl.m4 b/config/tcl.m4
index a9fe7ba5cc18b7c4d1948ef4dc52d093b55b1133..907deb9aa1b93a5d217b6cff1246a147e8feb820 100644
--- a/config/tcl.m4
+++ b/config/tcl.m4
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 AC_DEFUN([PGAC_PATH_TCLSH],
-[AC_PATH_PROGS(TCLSH, [tclsh tcl tclsh8.6 tclsh86 tclsh8.5 tclsh85 tclsh8.4 tclsh84 tclsh8.3 tclsh83])
+[AC_PATH_PROGS(TCLSH, [tclsh tcl tclsh8.6 tclsh86 tclsh8.5 tclsh85 tclsh8.4 tclsh84])
 if test x"$TCLSH" = x""; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Tcl shell not found])
 fi
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b3f3abe2e1cf363b5c42c1b96192e452eef4a1f0..0e51ac70ed9381fea16a2fd675f2ea95e99d8f5f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14955,7 +14955,7 @@ fi
 
 # Check for Tcl configuration script tclConfig.sh
 if test "$with_tcl" = yes; then
-    for ac_prog in tclsh tcl tclsh8.6 tclsh86 tclsh8.5 tclsh85 tclsh8.4 tclsh84 tclsh8.3 tclsh83
+    for ac_prog in tclsh tcl tclsh8.6 tclsh86 tclsh8.5 tclsh85 tclsh8.4 tclsh84
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index fb7ccfe9d817017a84dbd175d18eec04bc3385dd..1564b8ea04ee09a4233f33b487964b1d7f60c038 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -226,9 +226,8 @@ su - postgres
      <para>
       To build the <application>PL/Tcl</application>
       procedural language, you of course need a <productname>Tcl</>
-      installation.  If you are using a pre-8.4 release of
-      <productname>Tcl</>, ensure that it was built without multithreading
-      support.
+      installation.  The minimum required version is
+      <productname>Tcl</productname> 8.4.
      </para>
     </listitem>