diff -aurN a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2017-05-11 05:28:41.000000000 -0400
+++ b/configure.ac	2017-07-01 21:46:17.636849810 -0400
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_PHP_EXTENSIONDIR
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_PHP_CONFDIR
 
-LIBVIRT_CHECK_PHP_EXTENSION([imagick])
-
 OS=`uname`
 if test "$OS" = "Darwin"; then
     WL=-Wl,