diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c8310b5b3ad4a289bed030d1a877be3090f192e..ff9c08d4b934b5161a0d9f2d71c546a0ca4d9b2d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 #
 # cH: hey, boys and girls, why do we do that?
 #
-if test "${USE_MAINTAINER_MODE}" = "yes"; then
-  AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([`pwd`])
-fi
+# AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([`pwd`])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([dim-of-world],
 [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-dim-of-world="DIM1 ... DIMk"],