diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 533754184..469d08e49 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -425,16 +425,6 @@ public:
 			if(!found) return false;
 			conf->addLib(QString("-L") + s);
 		}
-		// BUGFIX for Fedora (doesn't support pkg-config?)
-		QFile issue_file("/etc/issue");
-		if(issue_file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)){
-			QString content = issue_file.readAll();
-			issue_file.close();
-			if(content.indexOf("Fedora") != -1){
-				qWarning("Fedora detected. WORKAROUND for Fedora pkg-config problem enabled");
-				conf->addLib("-lssl -lcrypto -lboost_date_time -lboost_filesystem -lboost_thread -lz -ltorrent");
-			}
-		}
 		return true;
 	}
 };
diff --git a/qcm/libtorrent.qcm b/qcm/libtorrent.qcm
index 808a9d822..f0a093497 100644
--- a/qcm/libtorrent.qcm
+++ b/qcm/libtorrent.qcm
@@ -65,16 +65,6 @@ public:
 			if(!found) return false;
 			conf->addLib(QString("-L") + s);
 		}
-		// BUGFIX for Fedora (doesn't support pkg-config?)
-		QFile issue_file("/etc/issue");
-		if(issue_file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)){
-			QString content = issue_file.readAll();
-			issue_file.close();
-			if(content.indexOf("Fedora") != -1){
-				qWarning("Fedora detected. WORKAROUND for Fedora pkg-config problem enabled");
-				conf->addLib("-lssl -lcrypto -lboost_date_time -lboost_filesystem -lboost_thread -lz -ltorrent");
-			}
-		}
 		return true;
 	}
 };