--- configure.orig
+++ configure
@@ -6029,7 +6029,7 @@
 elif test x"$FETCH" = x"wget" ; then
   fetch="wget $wget_certificate_check -O \$(2) \$(1)"
 
-elif test x"${enable_checks}" != x"no" ; then
+elif false ; then
   if ! ${MAKE} -q -C src_ext has-archives 2>/dev/null ; then
     as_fn_error $? "You must have either curl or wget installed." "$LINENO" 5
   fi