diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 69afc8fc1..d3e37ca4d 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You will need to
 use this if your Unix does not support the /dev/urandom device (or
 similar).
 
---without-askpass will disable X11 password requestor support in
-ssh-add
-
 --with-kerberos4 will enable Kerberos IV support. You will need to
 have the Kerberos libraries and header files installed for this to
 work.
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index ec7f0fd75..ed42562aa 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -83,14 +83,10 @@ install: all
 	ln -sf ssh $(bindir)/slogin
 	ln -sf ssh.1 $(mandir)/man1/slogin.1
 
-	if [ "x@INSTALL_ASKPASS@" = "xyes" ] ; then \
-		$(INSTALL) -d $(libexecdir) ; \
-		$(INSTALL) -d $(libexecdir)/ssh ; \
-		if [ -z "@GNOME_ASKPASS@" ] ; then \
-			$(INSTALL) -m755 -c ssh-askpass ${ASKPASS_PROGRAM}; \
-		else \
-			$(INSTALL) -m755 -c gnome-ssh-askpass ${ASKPASS_PROGRAM}; \
-		fi ; \
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(libexecdir) ;
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(libexecdir)/ssh ;
+	if [ -z "@GNOME_ASKPASS@" ] ; then \
+		$(INSTALL) -m755 -c ssh-askpass ${ASKPASS_PROGRAM}; \
 	fi
 
 	if [ ! -f $(sysconfdir)/ssh_config -a ! -f $(sysconfdir)/sshd_config ]; then \
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b0dde23ee..037478a6c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -137,46 +137,23 @@ AC_TRY_COMPILE(
 	]
 ) 
 
-dnl Check whether use wants to disable the external ssh-askpass
-INSTALL_ASKPASS="yes"
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable external ssh-askpass support])
-AC_ARG_WITH(askpass,
-	[  --with-askpass=yes/no   Enable external ssh-askpass support (default=yes)],
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build GNOME ssh-askpass])
+dnl Check whether user wants GNOME ssh-askpass
+AC_ARG_WITH(gnome-askpass,
+	[  --with-gnome-askpass    Build the GNOME passphrase requester (default=no)],
 	[
 		if test x$withval = xno ; then
-			INSTALL_ASKPASS="no"
+			GNOME_ASKPASS="";
 		else
-			INSTALL_ASKPASS="yes"
+			GNOME_ASKPASS="gnome-ssh-askpass";
 		fi
-	]
-)
-if test "x$INSTALL_ASKPASS" = "xyes" ; then
-	AC_DEFINE(USE_EXTERNAL_ASKPASS)
-	AC_SUBST(INSTALL_ASKPASS)
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-else
+	])
+AC_SUBST(GNOME_ASKPASS)
+
+if test -z "$GNOME_ASKPASS" ; then
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-fi
-
-if test "x$INSTALL_ASKPASS" = "xyes" ; then
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build GNOME ssh-askpass])
-	dnl Check whether user wants GNOME ssh-askpass
-	AC_ARG_WITH(gnome-askpass,
-		[  --with-gnome-askpass    Build the GNOME passphrase requester (default=no)],
-		[
-			if test x$withval = xno ; then
-				GNOME_ASKPASS="";
-			else
-				GNOME_ASKPASS="gnome-ssh-askpass";
-			fi
-		])
-	AC_SUBST(GNOME_ASKPASS)
-
-	if test -z "$GNOME_ASKPASS" ; then
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-	else
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-	fi
+else
+	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 fi
 
 dnl Check for user-specified random device