https://bugs.gentoo.org/818415

--- fe-2.0/configure.in
+++ fe-2.0/configure.in
@@ -55,19 +55,6 @@
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strdup)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strndup)
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, get_wch, [have_utf8_ncurses=yes; LIBS="-lncursesw $LIBS"])
-if test "$have_utf8_ncurses" = yes
-then
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UTF8_NCURSES)
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses/ncurses.h,have_ncurses_ncurses_h=yes)
-  if test "$have_ncurses_ncurses_h" != yes
-  then
-    AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses.h,have_ncurses_h=yes)
-  fi
-fi
-
-if test "$have_utf8_ncurses" != yes
-then
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, get_wch, [have_utf8_ncurses=yes; LIBS="-lncurses $LIBS"])
 if test "$have_utf8_ncurses" = yes
 then
@@ -78,7 +65,6 @@
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses.h,have_ncurses_h=yes)
   fi
 fi
-fi
 
 if test "$have_utf8_ncurses" != yes
 then