--- configure.orig	2025-11-20 03:31:02 UTC
+++ configure
@@ -20400,16 +20400,6 @@ printf "%s\n" "$version (too old, only 3.3 or newer is
       PYTHON3_INC=`$PYTHON3 -c 'import os,sysconfig;print(sysconfig.get_path("include").replace(os.sep,"/"))' 2>/dev/null`
 
 
-      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for python3 sphinx module" >&5
-printf %s "checking for python3 sphinx module... " >&6; }
-      if $PYTHON3 -c 'import sphinx' >&5 2>&5 ; then
-	{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
-printf "%s\n" "yes" >&6; }
-      else
-	{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no (try installing package python3-sphinx" >&5
-printf "%s\n" "no (try installing package python3-sphinx" >&6; }
-	python3_ok=no
-      fi
     fi
     if test yes = "$python3_ok" ; then
                   { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $PYTHON3_INC/Python.h" >&5