diff --git a/GD/Makefile.PL b/GD/Makefile.PL
index dd0ad64..5b449ff 100644
--- a/GD/Makefile.PL
+++ b/GD/Makefile.PL
@@ -432,14 +432,7 @@ sub try_to_autoconfigure {
   # perl Makefile.PL --lib_gd_path /opt/libgd/2.1.1/lib
   my ($prefix) = $lib_gd_path ? ($lib_gd_path =~ m|(^.*)/lib|) : "";
   my $bindir = $prefix ? "$prefix/bin/" : $lib_gd_path ? "$lib_gd_path/bin/" : "";
-  my $config = `${bindir}gdlib-config --all` if -e "${bindir}gdlib-config";
-  if (!$config
-      and !-e "$prefix/lib/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc"
-      and !-e "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc")
-  {
-    $gdlib_config_path = "gdlib-config" unless defined($gdlib_config_path);
-    $config = `$gdlib_config_path --all`;
-  }
+  my $config;
   unless ($config) {
       my %config;
       require ExtUtils::PkgConfig;