diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3b51fb2..1e0d377 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getopt_long)
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNL3], [libnl-3.0], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libnl-3.0 is required])])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNLG3], [libnl-genl-3.0], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libnl-genl-3.0 is required])])
-# Fallback on using -lreadline as readline.pc is only available since version 8.0
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([READLINE], [readline], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libreadline is required])])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBPCAP], [libpcap], [], [
         AC_CHECK_LIB(pcap, pcap_open_live,[],