--- gnucobol4-4.0~2022.11.11.svn.4819.orig/configure.ac
+++ gnucobol4-4.0~2022.11.11.svn.4819/configure.ac
@@ -2100,7 +2100,6 @@ dnl 	 AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
 dnl 	[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
 
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.8])
 if test "x$LTLIBINTL" != x; then
   if test "x$PROGRAMS_LIBS" != x; then
     PROGRAMS_LIBS="$PROGRAMS_LIBS $LTLIBINTL"