diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e52d7348cd..0aaf536aa4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1304,14 +1304,7 @@ echo $ECHO_N ".$ECHO_C" 1>&6
 sleep 1
 echo $ECHO_N ".$ECHO_C" 1>&6
 sleep 1
-echo $ECHO_N ".$ECHO_C" 1>&6
-sleep 1
-echo $ECHO_N ".$ECHO_C" 1>&6
-sleep 1
-echo $ECHO_N ".$ECHO_C" 1>&6
-sleep 1
 AC_MSG_RESULT([ See you in August. ;-)])
-sleep 2
 echo ""
 fi