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diff --git a/make/utilities.pm b/make/utilities.pm
index 9281246fb..245ddd916 100644
--- a/make/utilities.pm
+++ b/make/utilities.pm
@@ -305,16 +305,6 @@ sub translate_functions($$)
$module =~ /modules*\/(.+?)$/;
$module = $1;
- # This is only a cursory check, just designed to catch casual accidental use of backticks.
- # There are pleanty of ways around it, but its not supposed to be for security, just checking
- # that people are using the new configuration api as theyre supposed to and not just using
- # backticks instead of eval(), being as eval has accountability. People wanting to get around
- # the accountability will do so anyway.
- if (($line =~ /`/) && ($line !~ /eval\(.+?`.+?\)/))
- {
- die "Developers should no longer use backticks in configuration macros. Please use exec() and eval() macros instead. Offending line: $line (In module: $module)";
- }
-
if ($line =~ /ifuname\(\!"(\w+)"\)/)
{
my $uname = $1;