-AC_CHECK_LIB(pcrs, pcrs_compile, [AC_CHECK_HEADER(pcrs.h, [have_pcrs=yes], [have_pcrs=no])], [have_pcrs=no], -lpcre)
+dnl ================================================================
+dnl libpcrs is temporarily disabled.
+dnl
+dnl Privoxy's own pcrs version fixes some problems that
+dnl are present in libpcrs 0.3, the last pcrs release we
+dnl know of, and as libpcrs seems to be currently unmaintained
+dnl we can't send these fixes upstream.
+dnl ================================================================
+dnl
+dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(pcrs, pcrs_compile, [AC_CHECK_HEADER(pcrs.h, [have_pcrs=yes], [have_pcrs=no])], [have_pcrs=no], -lpcre)