diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 69b7305..4dc8789 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo " * rpm: $PKG_RPM_NAME (Fedora, CentOS, RHEL)"
   echo " * brew: $PKG_BREW_NAME (MacOS)"
   echo " * deb: $PKG_DEB_NAME (Debian, Ubuntu, etc)"
-  echo " * On Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04 use this PPA:"
-  echo "    sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:cran/poppler"
-  echo "    sudo apt-get update"
-  echo "    sudo apt-get install -y libpoppler-cpp-dev"
   echo "If $PKG_CONFIG_NAME is already installed, check that 'pkg-config' is in your"
   echo "PATH and PKG_CONFIG_PATH contains a $PKG_CONFIG_NAME.pc file. If pkg-config"
   echo "is unavailable you can set INCLUDE_DIR and LIB_DIR manually via:"