Index: WWW-Mechanize-1.12/Makefile.PL
--- WWW-Mechanize-1.12/Makefile.PL.orig	2005-06-12 16:16:53 +0200
+++ WWW-Mechanize-1.12/Makefile.PL	2005-06-12 16:20:23 +0200
@@ -6,46 +6,7 @@
 
 use constant FLAG_SKIPMECHDUMP => File::Spec->catfile( "t", "SKIP-MECH-DUMP" );
 
-# Much logic stolen fromm libwww-perl's Makefile.PL
-my $skiplive = grep /--nolive/i, @ARGV;
-my $skiplocal = grep /--nolocal/i, @ARGV;
-
-if ( !$skiplive ) {
-    require IO::Socket;
-    my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new(
-        PeerAddr => "www.google.com:80",
-        Timeout  => 10,
-    );
-    if ($s) {
-        close($s);
-        $skiplive = 0;
-
-        print <<EOT;
-
-Part of WWW::Mechanize's test suite is run live tests against Google.
-Since it looks like you're connected to the Internet, these test will
-be enabled.  If you want to disable these tests, re-run Makefile.PL with
-the --skiplive switch.
-
-EOT
-    } else {
-        print <<EOT;
-
-    It seems that you are not directly connected to the Internet.  Some
-    of the WWW::Mechanize tests interact with websites such as Google,
-    in addition to its own internal tests.
-
-EOT
-
-        if ( prompt("Do you want to skip these tests?", "y") =~ /^y/i ) {
-            $skiplive = 1;
-        }
-    } # failed connect
-}
-
 my @tests = glob File::Spec->catfile( 't', '*.t' );
-push( @tests, glob File::Spec->catfile( 't', 'local', '*.t' ) ) unless $skiplocal;
-push( @tests, glob File::Spec->catfile( 't', 'live', '*.t' ) ) unless $skiplive;
 
 my $parms = {
     'NAME'          => 'WWW::Mechanize',
@@ -85,33 +46,4 @@
     touch();
 }
 
-eval { require LWP; };
-if ($@ or ! LWP::Protocol::implementor('https') ) {
-    print <<EOT;
-
-It looks like you don't have SSL capability (like IO::Socket::SSL) installed. 
-You will not be able to process https:// URLs correctly.
-
-EOT
-}
-
-my @missing;
-my @nice = qw( Test::Pod Test::Memory::Cycle Test::Warn );
-for my $nice ( @nice ) {
-    eval "require $nice";
-    push( @missing, $nice ) if $@;
-}
-
-if ( @missing ) {
-    @missing = map { "\t$_\n" } @missing;
-    print <<EOT;
-
-WWW::Mechanize likes to have a lot of test modules for some of its tests.
-The following are modules that would be nice to have, but not required.
-
-@missing
-
-EOT
-}
-
 WriteMakefile( %$parms );