+--- a/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/pppoatm.c
++++ b/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/pppoatm.c
+@@ -210,14 +210,6 @@ static void recv_config_pppoa(int mru,
+
+ void plugin_init(void)
+ {
+-#ifdef linux
+- extern int new_style_driver; /* From sys-linux.c */
+- if (!ppp_available() && !new_style_driver)
+- fatal("Kernel doesn't support ppp_generic - "
+- "needed for PPPoATM");
+-#else
+- fatal("No PPPoATM support on this OS");
+-#endif
+ add_options(pppoa_options);
+ }
+
+--- a/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/plugin.c
++++ b/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/plugin.c
+@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ static char const RCSID[] =
+
+ char pppd_version[] = VERSION;
+
+-/* From sys-linux.c in pppd -- MUST FIX THIS! */
+-extern int new_style_driver;
+-
+ char *pppd_pppoe_service = NULL;
+ static char *acName = NULL;
+ static char *existingSession = NULL;
+@@ -312,10 +309,6 @@ PPPoEDevnameHook(char *cmd, char **argv,
+ void
+ plugin_init(void)
+ {
+- if (!ppp_available() && !new_style_driver) {
+- fatal("Linux kernel does not support PPPoE -- are you running 2.4.x?");
+- }
+-
+ add_options(Options);
+ }
+