--- configure.orig	Sun Jul  2 23:13:24 2006
+++ configure	Sun Jul  2 23:13:39 2006
@@ -2199,9 +2199,6 @@
 option." >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
   fi
-  if test "${MONOTONE_DIR:0:1}" != "/" ; then
-    MONOTONE_DIR="$(pwd)/$MONOTONE_DIR"
-  fi
 fi