--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
 autoheader
 automake --add-missing --copy --foreign
 
-YELP=`which yelp-build`
-if test -z $YELP; then
-  echo "*** The tools to build the documentation are not found,"
-  echo "    please install the yelp-tools package ***"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 if [ -z "$NOCONFIGURE" ]; then
     ./configure $@
 fi