diff --git a/gstlal-burst/configure.ac b/gstlal-burst/configure.ac
index f8930e39ea85216d696d1a720e1f8d28793153fb..b337a0a9be2400c43d64a09700a6346a635bb935 100644
--- a/gstlal-burst/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-burst/configure.ac
@@ -216,16 +216,6 @@ to your GI_TYPELIB_PATH environment variable.])
 ])
 
 
-#
-# Check for PyGObject
-#
-
-
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([pygobject], [pygobject-3.0])
-AC_SUBST([pygobject_CFLAGS])
-AC_SUBST([pygobject_LIBS])
-
-
 #
 # Check for NumPy
 #