diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ece687e2..0125978f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ dnl RHEL8.1 has old libarchive
 AS_IF([pkg-config --atleast-version=3.3.3 libarchive],
   [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBARCHIVE_ZSTD], 1, [Define if we have libarchive with zstd])])
 
-dnl This is the current version in Fedora 25.
-AS_IF([pkg-config --atleast-version=4.14.2 rpm], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([librpm 4.14.2 required])])
-
 dnl We don't *actually* use this ourself, but librepo does, and libdnf gets confused
 dnl if librepo doesn't support it.
 have_zchunk=no