diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b242147a45fd5068ac77fa402a9c3d9b8fe4aa46..ca1378b52701530adb6d58a4d3bb0a390e43ca2b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1348,7 +1348,6 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
 
-tesseract
 
 ac_aux_dir=
 for ac_dir in config $srcdir/config; do
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c1ae4f89d261c261b7fd8fe673ea306e53d7e0b5..adeb5230510c309265ef9b53a0cb0d1b3f5c9410 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_INIT(Tesseract, 1.03, theraysmith@users.sourceforge.net)
-AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME(tesseract-ocr)
 AC_REVISION($Id: configure.ac,v 1.4 2007/02/02 22:38:17 theraysmith Exp $)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(ccmain/tesseractmain.cpp)