diff --git a/guile.m4 b/guile.m4
index d4e06e043..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/guile.m4
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-## An m4 macro to initialize a guile module.
-## Enhance as required.
-
-dnl Usage: AM_INIT_GUILE_MODULE(module-name)
-dnl This macro will automatically get the guile version from the
-dnl top-level srcdir, and will initialize automake.  It also
-dnl defines the `module' variable.
-AC_DEFUN([AM_INIT_GUILE_MODULE],[
-. $srcdir/../GUILE-VERSION
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE, $VERSION, no-define)
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(..)
-module=[$1]
-AC_SUBST(module)])