--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 ### 02111-1307, USA. 
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.282 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.283 $)
 AC_PREREQ(2.9)
 AC_INIT(src/octave.cc)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -120,19 +120,6 @@
   ;;
 esac
 
-INFO_DIR=info
-
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(info,
-  [  --enable-info           use GNU info (default is yes)],
-  [if test "$enableval" = no; then
-     USE_GNU_INFO=false;
-     INFO_DIR="";
-   fi], [])
-if $USE_GNU_INFO; then
-  AC_DEFINE(USE_GNU_INFO, 1)
-fi
-AC_SUBST(INFO_DIR)
-
 dnl ### Allow the user disable support for plplot.
 dnl 
 dnl # USE_PLPLOT=true
@@ -1183,7 +1170,7 @@
 export CXX
 export F77
 
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(glob kpathsea scripts $INFO_DIR $PLPLOT_DIR $READLINE_DIR)
+AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(glob kpathsea scripts $PLPLOT_DIR $READLINE_DIR)
 
 ### Do the substitutions in all the Makefiles.