diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f709a9a0f3a4e9e17e194fcb246717d017694a1d..0e29a396b1b4e776f1c562ed0f52b0e58f6661a2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -431,8 +431,6 @@ dnl
 dnl Iconv stuff
 dnl
 AM_ICONV
-AS_IF([test "$am_cv_func_iconv" != "yes"],
-	[AC_MSG_ERROR([libiconv is needed for VLC to work properly])])
 VLC_ADD_CFLAGS([libvlc],[${INCICONV}])
 VLC_ADD_LIBS([libvlc],[${LTLIBICONV}])