Index: tools/autotool.py
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--- tools/autotool.py	(revision bfdb7c6344e26e53bd81545c5163f53e96517dd6)
+++ tools/autotool.py	(revision 4761f54ee981ed05e6708beb4639428d34b524c8)
@@ -850,5 +850,4 @@
 		check_app(["diff", "--version"], "Diff utility", "usually part of diffutils")
 		check_app(["make", "--version"], "Make utility", "preferably GNU Make")
-		check_app(["makedepend", "-f", "-"], "Makedepend utility", "usually part of imake or xutils")
 		check_app(["unzip"], "unzip utility", "usually part of zip/unzip utilities")