diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 422ce2546..52d70d53b 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -595,13 +595,7 @@ dnl   friends really ought not to be even mentioned in the top-level
 dnl   configure script, but here they are.
 
 AC_DEFUN([QTHREADS_CONFIGURE],[
-
-  # For some reason, AC_REQUIRE doesn't seem to work with the aclocal
-  # program.  So we'll just do this runtime check.
-  if test "${LN_S}" = ""; then
-    f=''
-    AC_MSG_ERROR(The QTHREADS${f}_CONFIGURE macro requires A${f}C_PROG_LN_S)
-  fi
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_LN_S])
 
   # How can we refer to the qt source directory from within the qt build
   # directory?  For headers, we can rely on the fact that the qt src
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2a4e7c49c..2d5af7135 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4539,13 +4539,7 @@ case "${with_threads}" in
     ## the THREAD_PACKAGE variable if qthreads don't configure
     ## correctly.
     
-
-  # For some reason, AC_REQUIRE doesn't seem to work with the aclocal
-  # program.  So we'll just do this runtime check.
-  if test "${LN_S}" = ""; then
-    f=''
-    { echo "configure: error: The QTHREADS${f}_CONFIGURE macro requires A${f}C_PROG_LN_S" 1>&2; exit 1; }
-  fi
+  
 
   # How can we refer to the qt source directory from within the qt build
   # directory?  For headers, we can rely on the fact that the qt src
@@ -4664,7 +4658,7 @@ do
 # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:4668: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:4662: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AWK'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
diff --git a/qthreads.m4 b/qthreads.m4
index 32d5ad798..3da5b1295 100644
--- a/qthreads.m4
+++ b/qthreads.m4
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ dnl   friends really ought not to be even mentioned in the top-level
 dnl   configure script, but here they are.
 
 AC_DEFUN([QTHREADS_CONFIGURE],[
-
-  # For some reason, AC_REQUIRE doesn't seem to work with the aclocal
-  # program.  So we'll just do this runtime check.
-  if test "${LN_S}" = ""; then
-    f=''
-    AC_MSG_ERROR(The QTHREADS${f}_CONFIGURE macro requires A${f}C_PROG_LN_S)
-  fi
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_LN_S])
 
   # How can we refer to the qt source directory from within the qt build
   # directory?  For headers, we can rely on the fact that the qt src