diff --git a/daemon/configure.ac b/daemon/configure.ac
index 8423ef945dc5e13860affa69d57f781748f88132..979b14845769a7e23f30d3407e3b4a2599689dc4 100644
--- a/daemon/configure.ac
+++ b/daemon/configure.ac
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
 
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$CLANG])
 
-dnl Check for uuid development package - name: uuid-dev
-UUID_MIN_VERSION=1.0
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UUID, uuid >= ${UUID_MIN_VERSION}, HAVE_UUID=true, HAVE_UUID=false);
-
-
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([yaml_parser_initialize], [yaml], [AC_SUBST(YAML_LIBS, -lyaml)], [
        AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find yaml development files])])
 
diff --git a/daemon/src/Makefile.am b/daemon/src/Makefile.am
index 184241a6b8e790c493e284299faefb1b3a6d04ba..ba43cf1f04b7f56d788a132a25cfe3dad7787435 100644
--- a/daemon/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/src/Makefile.am
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ libsflphone_la_LDFLAGS = \
 		@SAMPLERATE_LIBS@ \
 		@SNDFILE_LIBS@ \
 		$(TLS_LIB) \
-		@UUID_LIBS@ \
 		@DBUSCPP_LIBS@
 
 libsflphone_la_CFLAGS = \
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ libsflphone_la_CFLAGS = \
 		@PULSEAUDIO_CFLAGS@ \
 		@SAMPLERATE_CFLAGS@ \
 		$(TLS_CFLAGS) \
-		@UUID_CFLAGS@ \
 		@DBUSCPP_CFLAGS@
 
 libsflphone_la_SOURCES = conference.cpp \