diff -ruN a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2022-10-12 18:33:24.978398338 +0200
+++ b/configure.ac	2022-10-12 18:33:40.418585631 +0200
@@ -97,14 +97,6 @@
 
 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE(
 #include <linux/version.h>
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 8, 0)
-#error
-#endif
-)],
-[], [AC_MSG_ERROR(["libgpiod needs linux headers version >= v4.8.0"])])
-
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE(
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5, 5, 0)
 #error
 #endif