diff -r -u parrot-current/config/inter/libparrot.pm parrot-andy/config/inter/libparrot.pm
--- parrot-current/config/inter/libparrot.pm	2009-04-17 09:00:40.000000000 -0400
+++ parrot-andy/config/inter/libparrot.pm	2009-05-11 10:53:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -43,38 +43,6 @@
 
     $parrot_is_shared = 0 unless $conf->data->get('has_dynamic_linking');
 
-    # Parrot can't necessarily handle a pre-existing installed shared
-    # libparrot.so. At this point, we don't know the actual name
-    # of the shared parrot library. So we try some candidates.
-    # See RT #52288: the check for old_versions should be improved
-    my @libs = ('libparrot.so');
-    my @libpaths = ('/usr/local/lib', '/usr/lib', $conf->data->get('libdir'));
-    if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
-        push @libpaths, (split /;/, $ENV{PATH});
-        @libs = ('libparrot.dll', 'libparrot.lib', 'libparrot.dll.a');
-    }
-    if ($^O eq 'cygwin') {
-        @libs = ('libparrot.dll.a');
-    }
-    if (defined $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}) {
-        push @libpaths, (split /:/, $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH});
-    }
-    if (defined $ENV{LD_RUN_PATH}) {
-        push @libpaths, (split /:/, $ENV{LD_RUN_PATH});
-    }
-    if (defined $ENV{DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}) {
-        push @libpaths, (split /:/, $ENV{DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH});
-    }
-    foreach my $f (@libs) {
-        foreach my $d (@libpaths) {
-            my $oldversion = File::Spec->catfile($d, $f);
-            if (-e $oldversion) {
-                warn("\nWarning: Building a shared parrot library may conflict " .
-                     "with your previously-installed $oldversion\n");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     if (
         $conf->options->get('ask')
         &&