2 files changed, 1 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7c2a7e0..ea2de2f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -40,13 +40,7 @@ XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
 XORG_CHECK_MALLOC_ZERO
 
 # Obtain compiler/linker options for depedencies
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XVMC, x11 xext xv xextproto videoproto)
-
-# Check for _XEatDataWords function that may be patched into older Xlib release
-SAVE_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS="$XVMC_LIBS"
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([_XEatDataWords])
-LIBS="$SAVE_LIBS"
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XVMC, [x11 >= 1.6] xext xv xextproto videoproto)
 
 # Checks for library functions.
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([shmat])
diff --git a/src/XvMC.c b/src/XvMC.c
index 00ac760..7336760 100644
--- a/src/XvMC.c
+++ b/src/XvMC.c
@@ -18,17 +18,6 @@
 #include <X11/extensions/extutil.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
-#ifndef HAVE__XEATDATAWORDS
-static inline void _XEatDataWords(Display *dpy, unsigned long n)
-{
-# ifndef LONG64
-    if (n >= (ULONG_MAX >> 2))
-        _XIOError(dpy);
-# endif
-    _XEatData (dpy, n << 2);
-}
-#endif
-
 static XExtensionInfo _xvmc_info_data;
 static XExtensionInfo *xvmc_info = &_xvmc_info_data;
 static const char *xvmc_extension_name = XvMCName;