1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index bce0c42d7..81ce264a2 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -2864,10 +2864,6 @@ def validate_options(options, info_os, info_cc, available_module_policies):
         raise UserError("--destdir was removed. Use the DESTDIR environment "
                         "variable instead when calling 'make install'")
 
-    if options.prefix and not os.path.isabs(options.prefix):
-        raise UserError("expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: %s" %
-                        options.prefix)
-
     # Warnings
 
     if options.os == 'windows' and options.compiler == 'gcc':