diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 496c29de0592..1a65c0a79772 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -11388,7 +11388,6 @@ AC_SUBST(CAIRO_LIBS)
 dnl ===================================================================
 dnl Test whether to use avahi
 dnl ===================================================================
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable avahi support])
 if test "$_os" != "WINNT" -a "$_os" != "Darwin" -a "$enable_avahi" = "yes"; then
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES([AVAHI], [avahi-client >= 0.6.10],
                       [ENABLE_AVAHI="TRUE"], [ENABLE_AVAHI=""])
@@ -11396,8 +11395,6 @@ if test "$_os" != "WINNT" -a "$_os" != "Darwin" -a "$enable_avahi" = "yes"; then
         AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_AVAHI)
         AVAHI_CFLAGS=$(printf '%s' "$AVAHI_CFLAGS" | sed -e "s/-I/${ISYSTEM?}/g")
     fi
-else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 fi
 
 AC_SUBST(ENABLE_AVAHI)