Index: autogen.sh
--- autogen.sh.orig	2017-11-30 23:24:49.000000000 +0100
+++ autogen.sh	2017-11-30 23:33:02.790936000 +0100
@@ -6,15 +6,6 @@
   exit 1
 fi
 
-GIT=`command -v git 2>/dev/null`
-if test $? -ne 0; then
-  echo "No 'git' found. You must install the git package."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-$GIT submodule init
-$GIT submodule update
-
 # create m4 before autoreconf
 mkdir m4 2>/dev/null
 
