Index: rtorrent-0.8.6/scripts/checks.m4
===================================================================
--- rtorrent-0.8.6.orig/scripts/checks.m4
+++ rtorrent-0.8.6/scripts/checks.m4
@@ -379,16 +379,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_WITH_XMLRPC_C], [
         CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS `$xmlrpc_cc_prg --cflags server-util`"
         LIBS="$LIBS `$xmlrpc_cc_prg server-util --libs`"
 
-        AC_TRY_LINK(
-        [ #include <xmlrpc-c/server.h>
-        ],[ xmlrpc_registry_new(NULL); ],
-        [
-          AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)
-        ], [
-          AC_MSG_RESULT(failed)
-          AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not compile XMLRPC-C test.)
-        ])
-
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XMLRPC_C, 1, Support for XMLRPC-C.)
 
       else