diff --git a/config/opal_check_pc.m4 b/config/opal_check_pc.m4
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-dnl -*- autoconf -*-
-dnl
-dnl Copyright (c) 2021 IBM Corporation.  All rights reserved.
-dnl Copyright (c) 2021      Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.  All Rights
-dnl                         reserved.
-dnl $COPYRIGHT$
-dnl
-dnl Additional copyrights may follow
-dnl
-dnl $HEADER$
-dnl
-
-
-dnl OPAL_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG()
-dnl
-dnl Check for availability of pkg-config and store the result.
-dnl If it is not available, store any passed in libs from the
-dnl --with-extra-libs configure option, or the known defaults.
-dnl
-dnl If it is available, allow configury to check for .pc files
-dnl and append to OPAL_WRAPPER_EXTRA_LIBS.
-AC_DEFUN([OPAL_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG], [
-  AC_CHECK_PROG([PKG_CONFIG], [pkg-config], [pkg-config])
-])
-
-dnl OPAL_GET_LDFLAGS_FROM_PC(library name, variable-to-set-if-found,
-dnl                          action-if-not-found)
-AC_DEFUN([OPAL_GET_LDFLAGS_FROM_PC], [
-  OPAL_VAR_SCOPE_PUSH([pkg_config_results happy])
-
-  AC_REQUIRE([OPAL_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG])
-
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for ldflags from pkg-config file $1])
-
-  happy=1
-  AS_IF([test "$PKG_CONFIG" = ""],
-        [happy=0],
-        [OPAL_LOG_COMMAND([pkg_config_results=`$PKG_CONFIG --static --libs-only-L --libs-only-other $1`],
-             [AS_VAR_COPY([$2], [pkg_config_results])],
-             [happy=0])])
-  AS_IF([test $happy -eq 0],
-        [pkg_config_results="none"
-         $3])
-
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([$pkg_config_results])
-
-  OPAL_VAR_SCOPE_POP
-])
-
-dnl OPAL_GET_LIBS_FROM_PC(library name, variable-to-set-if-found,
-dnl                       action-if-not-found)
-AC_DEFUN([OPAL_GET_LIBS_FROM_PC], [
-  OPAL_VAR_SCOPE_PUSH([pkg_config_results happy])
-
-  AC_REQUIRE([OPAL_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG])
-
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libs from pkg-config file $1])
-
-  happy=1
-  AS_IF([test "$PKG_CONFIG" = ""],
-        [happy=0],
-        [OPAL_LOG_COMMAND([pkg_config_results=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs-only-l $1`],
-             [AS_VAR_COPY([$2], [pkg_config_results])],
-             [happy=0])])
-  AS_IF([test $happy -eq 0],
-        [pkg_config_results="none"
-         $3])
-
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([$pkg_config_results])
-
-  OPAL_VAR_SCOPE_POP
-])