--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -1865,24 +1865,12 @@ then
+@@ -1853,36 +1853,24 @@ then
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON3_VER])
+
+- AC_MSG_CHECKING([for python3 distutils])
+- python3_result="`$PYTHON3 -c 'import distutils;' 2>&1`"
+- if test -z "$python3_result" ; then
++ #AC_MSG_CHECKING([for python3 distutils])
++ #python3_result="`$PYTHON3 -c 'import distutils;' 2>&1`"
++ #if test -z "$python3_result" ; then
+ python3_has_distutils="yes"
+- else
+- python3_has_distutils="no"
+- fi
+- AC_MSG_RESULT([$python3_has_distutils])
++ #else
++ # python3_has_distutils="no"
++ #fi
++ #AC_MSG_RESULT([$python3_has_distutils])
+
if test "$python3_has_distutils" != "no" ; then
AC_MSG_CHECKING([location of python3 site-packages])