-dnl FIXME: There is no reason for this bit to do all the configure tests it
-dnl ends up doing. Maybe replace it with a simple AC_CHECK_HEADER and
-dnl AC_PATH_PROG.
+dnl It used to be that the user could select translations and that could get
+dnl passed to the makefiles, but now that can only work if you use special
+dnl gettext approved makefiles, so this feature is unsupported by this.