diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b3b752c..600500b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -523,13 +523,9 @@ dnl Uses --default-font-path if set, otherwise checks for /etc/X11/fontpath.d,
 dnl otherwise uses standard subdirectories of FONTROOTDIR. When cross
 dnl compiling, assume default font path uses standard FONTROOTDIR directories.
 DEFAULT_FONT_PATH="${FONTMISCDIR}/,${FONTTTFDIR}/,${FONTOTFDIR}/,${FONTTYPE1DIR}/,${FONT100DPIDIR}/,${FONT75DPIDIR}/"
-if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
-	AC_CHECK_FILE([${sysconfdir}/X11/fontpath.d],
-		[DEFAULT_FONT_PATH='catalogue:${sysconfdir}/X11/fontpath.d'],
-		[case $host_os in
+		case $host_os in
 			darwin*) DEFAULT_FONT_PATH="${DEFAULT_FONT_PATH},/Library/Fonts,/System/Library/Fonts" ;;
-		esac])
-fi
+		esac
 AC_ARG_WITH(default-font-path, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-default-font-path=PATH], [Comma separated list of font dirs]),
 				[ FONTPATH="$withval" ],
 				[ FONTPATH="${DEFAULT_FONT_PATH}" ])
