diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8426cd40..ff6796f3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_PREREQ([2.68])
 AC_INIT([profanity], [0.10], [boothj5web@gmail.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])