diff --git a/README b/README
index 81920861b..3f477f0f2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ The full requirements are described below.
 +--------------+-------------+---+-----------------------------------------+
 | Test::More   |             | O | Perl module used by tests.              |
 +--------------+-------------+---+-----------------------------------------+
-| String::Shellquote         | O | Perl module used by some virt-* tools.  |
-+--------------+-------------+---+-----------------------------------------+
 | XML::XPath   |             | O | Perl module used by some virt-* tools.  |
 +--------------+-------------+---+-----------------------------------------+
 | XML::XPath::XMLParser      | O | Perl module used by some virt-* tools.  |
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b50da4ce4..43634ef6a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_GOLANG],[test "x$GOLANG" != "xno"])
 dnl Check for Perl modules needed by Perl virt tools (virt-df, etc.)
 AS_IF([test "x$PERL" != "xno"],[
     missing_perl_modules=no
-    for pm in Pod::Usage Getopt::Long Sys::Virt Data::Dumper Locale::TextDomain Win::Hivex Win::Hivex::Regedit String::ShellQuote; do
+    for pm in Pod::Usage Getopt::Long Sys::Virt Locale::TextDomain Win::Hivex Win::Hivex::Regedit ; do
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $pm])
         if ! $PERL -M$pm -e1 >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD 2>&1; then
             AC_MSG_RESULT([no])