--- tcpdump-4.2.0/aclocal.m4~	2011-07-24 22:58:55.000000000 +0200
+++ tcpdump-4.2.0/aclocal.m4	2011-11-28 18:41:29.227895655 +0100
@@ -286,23 +286,6 @@
     fi
     AC_MSG_CHECKING(for local pcap library)
     libpcap=FAIL
-    lastdir=FAIL
-    places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
-	egrep '/libpcap-[[0-9]]+\.[[0-9]]+(\.[[0-9]]*)?([[ab]][[0-9]]*|-PRE-GIT)?$'`
-    for dir in $places $srcdir/../libpcap $srcdir/libpcap ; do
-	    basedir=`echo $dir | sed -e 's/[[ab]][[0-9]]*$//' | \
-	        sed -e 's/-PRE-GIT$//' `
-	    if test $lastdir = $basedir ; then
-		    dnl skip alphas when an actual release is present
-		    continue;
-	    fi
-	    lastdir=$dir
-	    if test -r $dir/libpcap.a ; then
-		    libpcap=$dir/libpcap.a
-		    d=$dir
-		    dnl continue and select the last one that exists
-	    fi
-    done
     if test $libpcap = FAIL ; then
 	    AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)