https://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool/+bug/1197875

--- configure.orig	2019-01-25 08:51:03.000000000 +1100
+++ configure	2021-10-05 00:00:07.000000000 +1100
@@ -6479,70 +6479,6 @@
     as_fn_error $? "GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
-# Extract the first word of "perl", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy perl; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  case $INTLTOOL_PERL in
-  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-  ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL="$INTLTOOL_PERL" # Let the user override the test with a path.
-  ;;
-  *)
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-  ;;
-esac
-fi
-INTLTOOL_PERL=$ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL
-if test -n "$INTLTOOL_PERL"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $INTLTOOL_PERL" >&5
-$as_echo "$INTLTOOL_PERL" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-if test -z "$INTLTOOL_PERL"; then
-   as_fn_error $? "perl not found" "$LINENO" 5
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for perl >= 5.8.1" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for perl >= 5.8.1... " >&6; }
-$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "use 5.8.1;" > /dev/null 2>&1
-if test $? -ne 0; then
-   as_fn_error $? "perl 5.8.1 is required for intltool" "$LINENO" 5
-else
-   IT_PERL_VERSION=`$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "printf '%vd', $^V"`
-   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $IT_PERL_VERSION" >&5
-$as_echo "$IT_PERL_VERSION" >&6; }
-fi
-if test "x" != "xno-xml"; then
-   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for XML::Parser" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for XML::Parser... " >&6; }
-   if `$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "require XML::Parser" 2>/dev/null`; then
-       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: ok" >&5
-$as_echo "ok" >&6; }
-   else
-       as_fn_error $? "XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool" "$LINENO" 5
-   fi
-fi
-
 # Substitute ALL_LINGUAS so we can use it in po/Makefile