diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 9487d996aeb344ce07137ce4f243f635fcd8a84f..77c936ce6012ea93b77e3df8ecc194fa3827b452 100755
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -34,15 +34,6 @@ def configure(cfg):
                   args=['yaml-cpp >= 0.5.3', '--cflags', '--libs'],
                   uselib_store='YAMLCPP')
 
-    if cfg.env.with_pybind:
-        cfg.check(
-            compiler='cxx',
-            features='cxx pyext',
-            uselib_store='PYBIND11HWDB',
-            mandatory=True,
-            header_name='pybind11/pybind11.h',
-        )
-
 def build(bld):
     bld.add_post_fun(summary)