diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 75dc81d533..c591410fdb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ m4_include([src/external/libtdb.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/libtevent.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/libldb.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/libdhash.m4])
-m4_include([src/external/libcollection.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/libini_config.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/libgssapi_krb5.m4])
 m4_include([src/external/pam.m4])
diff --git a/src/external/libcollection.m4 b/src/external/libcollection.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f737c119d..0000000000
--- a/src/external/libcollection.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-AC_SUBST(COLLECTION_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(COLLECTION_LIBS)
-
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(COLLECTION,
-    collection >= 0.5.1,
-    ,
-    AC_MSG_ERROR("Please install libcollection-devel")
-    )
-