diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4369fa5..7807ad5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1095,34 +1095,7 @@ has_meson() {
   fi
 }
 
-if test -z "$meson"; then
-    if test "$explicit_python" = no && has_meson && version_ge "$(meson --version)" 0.61.5; then
-        meson=meson
-    elif test "$git_submodules_action" != 'ignore' ; then
-        meson=git
-    elif test -e "${source_path}/meson/meson.py" ; then
-        meson=internal
-    else
-        if test "$explicit_python" = yes; then
-            error_exit "--python requires using QEMU's embedded Meson distribution, but it was not found."
-        else
-            error_exit "Meson not found.  Use --meson=/path/to/meson"
-        fi
-    fi
-else
-    # Meson uses its own Python interpreter to invoke other Python scripts,
-    # but the user wants to use the one they specified with --python.
-    #
-    # We do not want to override the distro Python interpreter (and sometimes
-    # cannot: for example in Homebrew /usr/bin/meson is a bash script), so
-    # just require --meson=git|internal together with --python.
-    if test "$explicit_python" = yes; then
-        case "$meson" in
-            git | internal) ;;
-            *) error_exit "--python requires using QEMU's embedded Meson distribution." ;;
-        esac
-    fi
-fi
+meson=meson
 
 if test "$meson" = git; then
     git_submodules="${git_submodules} meson"