--- ./configure.orig	2009-12-18 13:21:18.000000000 +0100
+++ ./configure	2010-01-07 19:34:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -2745,54 +2745,6 @@
   POLYTABLE_INSTALL=yes
 fi
 
-if test "z$POLYTABLE_INSTALL" = "zyes"; then
-
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for the polytable package" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for the polytable package... " >&6; }
-if test -x "$KPSEWHICH"; then
-  POLYTABLE="`$KPSEWHICH polytable.sty`"
-fi
-if test -f "$POLYTABLE"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $POLYTABLE" >&5
-$as_echo "$POLYTABLE" >&6; }
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for version of polytable" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for version of polytable... " >&6; }
-  POLYTABLE_VERSION=`$GREP " v.* .polytable. package" $POLYTABLE | $SED -e "s/^.*v\(.*\) .polytable. package.*$/\1/"`
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $POLYTABLE_VERSION" >&5
-$as_echo "$POLYTABLE_VERSION" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-  # does polytable need to be installed?
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether polytable needs to be installed" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether polytable needs to be installed... " >&6; }
-  POLYTABLE_INSTALL=no
-  if test -n $POLYTABLE; then
-    if ( IFS=".";
-      a="$POLYTABLE_VERSION";  b="0.8.2";
-      while test -n "$a$b"
-      do
-              set -- $a;  h1="$1";  shift 2>/dev/null;  a="$*"
-              set -- $b;  h2="$1";  shift 2>/dev/null;  b="$*"
-              test -n "$h1" || h1=0;  test -n "$h2" || h2=0
-              test ${h1} -eq ${h2} || break
-      done
-      test ${h1} -lt ${h2}
-    )
-then
-  POLYTABLE_INSTALL=yes
-
-fi
-
-  else
-    POLYTABLE_INSTALL=yes
-  fi
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $POLYTABLE_INSTALL" >&5
-$as_echo "$POLYTABLE_INSTALL" >&6; }
-fi
-
 # Extract the first word of "mktexlsr", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy mktexlsr; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
@@ -2834,8 +2786,6 @@
 
 
 
-# docdir and expansion
-docdir="$datadir/doc/$PACKAGE_TARNAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION"
 
 stydir="$datadir/$PACKAGE_TARNAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION"