diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e8eb2a9a57..72cd92c53b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -726,30 +726,10 @@ return 0;
 dnl *** dvdnav for resindvd ***
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_DVDNAV, true)
 AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(DVDNAV, [dvdnav library], resindvd, [
-  translit(dnm, m, l) AC_SUBST(DVDNAV_LIBS)
-  translit(dnm, m, l) AC_SUBST(DVDNAV_CFLAGS)
-  AG_GST_CHECK_CONFIGPROG(DVDNAV, dvdnav-config)
-  if test x"$HAVE_DVDNAV" = x"yes"; then
-    dnl check version
-    DVDNAV_VERSION=`dvdnav-config --version|head -n 1|sed 's/^.*) //'|sed 's/ (.*)//'`
-    DVDNAV_MAJOR=`echo $DVDNAV_VERSION | cut -d. -f1 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
-    DVDNAV_MINOR=`echo $DVDNAV_VERSION | cut -d. -f2 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
-    DVDNAV_MICRO=`echo $DVDNAV_VERSION | cut -d. -f3 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
-    if [[ "$DVDNAV_MAJOR" -lt "4" ]]; then
-      AC_MSG_WARN([libdvdnav >= 4.1.2 is required, you have $DVDNAV_VERSION])
-      HAVE_DVDNAV="no"
-    elif [[ "$DVDNAV_MAJOR" -eq "4" ]] && \
-         [[ "$DVDNAV_MINOR" -lt "1" ]]; then
-      AC_MSG_WARN([libdvdnav >= 4.1.2 is required, you have $DVDNAV_VERSION])
-      HAVE_DVDNAV="no"
-    elif [[ "$DVDNAV_MAJOR" -eq "4" ]] && \
-         [[ "$DVDNAV_MINOR" -eq "1" ]] && \
-         [[ "$DVDNAV_MICRO" -lt "2" ]]; then
-      AC_MSG_WARN([libdvdnav >= 4.1.2 is required, you have $DVDNAV_VERSION])
-      HAVE_DVDNAV="no"
-    fi
-  fi
-  AS_SCRUB_INCLUDE(DVDNAV_CFLAGS)
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DVDNAV, dvdnav >= 4.1.2, HAVE_DVDNAV="yes", [
+    HAVE_DVDNAV="no"
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+  ])
 ])
 
 dnl *** METADATA ***