diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 295e144b2f6fab33ac60d939b2644bf5f737ba1a..dfcacc2aa4cd488591aaae7508627516def8dcc7 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ m4_ifdef([AX_LAPACK],,[m4_include([m4/ax_lapack.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_SUITESPARSE],,[m4_include([m4/ax_suitesparse.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_EIGEN],,[m4_include([m4/ax_eigen.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_LIB_HDF5],,[m4_include([m4/ax_lib_hdf5.m4])]])
-m4_ifdef([AX_H5PART],,[m4_include([m4/ax_h5part.m4])])
 
 case $host_os in
    *cygwin*)
@@ -122,16 +121,6 @@ if test x"$with_hdf5" = x"no"; then
     exit 207
 fi
 
-#########
-
-## Check for H5PART
-
-save_CC=$CC
-CC=$CXX
-AX_H5PART([],[echo "Cannot detect h5part, use the --with-h5part option if it is not installed in the default location"
-                    exit 208])
-CC=$save_CC
-
 ########
 
 ## Enable scan coverty