diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d991969d553..4af4560f7c2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2205,9 +2205,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Gallium helper functions
 dnl
 gallium_require_llvm() {
-    if test "x$enable_gallium_llvm" = "xyes"; then
-        llvm_check_version_for $LLVM_REQUIRED_GALLIUM "gallium"
-    else
+    if test "x$enable_gallium_llvm" != "xyes"; then
         AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-gallium-llvm is required when building $1])
     fi
 }