diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php
index 667826f395..e29456ed4e 100644
--- a/lib/common.php
+++ b/lib/common.php
@@ -185,14 +185,7 @@ function _have_config()
 }
 
 // XXX: Throw a conniption if database not installed
-// XXX: Find a way to use htmlwriter for this instead of handcoded markup
-if (!_have_config()) {
-  echo '<p>'. _('No configuation file found. ') .'</p>';
-  echo '<p>'. _('I looked for configuration files in the following places: ') .'<br/> '. implode($_config_files, '<br/>');
-  echo '<p>'. _('You make wish run the installer to fix this.') .'</p>';
-  echo '<a href="install.php">'. _('Go to the installer.') .'</a>';
-  exit;
-}
+
 // Fixup for statusnet.ini
 
 $_db_name = substr($config['db']['database'], strrpos($config['db']['database'], '/') + 1);