diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b95b4b..97606c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,16 +34,6 @@ make
 make check
 ```
 
-### Building with Chameleon Library
-
-```
-./autogen.sh
-LIBCHAMELEON_LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs chameleon)" LIBCHAMELEON_CFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags chameleon)" QMCKL_DEVEL=1 ./configure --prefix=$PWD/_install --enable-silent-rules --enable-maintainer-mode --with-chameleon=yes
-
-make
-make check
-```
-
 ## For users
 
 Obtain a source distribution and run
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0e44e39..7d2e6a2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -98,60 +98,6 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_create])
 #   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${OPENMP_CFLAGS}"
 #fi
 
-
-# CHAMELEON
-AC_ARG_WITH(chameleon,
-  AS_HELP_STRING([--without-chameleon],
-                 [Do not use Chameleon. Default: auto-detect]), [
-case "$with_chameleon" in
-  yes|no)
-    : # Nothing special to do here
-    ;;
-  *)
-    if test ! -d "$withval" ; then
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-chameleon path does not point to a directory])
-    fi
-    LIBCHAMELEON_PATH="-L$with_chameleon/lib"
-    CFLAGS="$LIBCHAMELEON_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
-    CXXFLAGS="-I$with_chameleon/include $CXXFLAGS"
-    CPPFLAGS="$LIBCHAMELEON_CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
-  esac
-])
-AH_TEMPLATE(USE_CHAMELEON,[Chameleon support is available])
-
-if test "x$with_chameleon" != "xno"; then
-  LIBS="$LIBS $LIBCHAMELEON_PATH"
-
-  if test "x$with_chameleon" = "xyes" -a "x$LIBCHAMELEON_LIBS" = "x"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Required Chameleon library not found])
-  fi
-  if test "x$LIBCHAMELEON_LIBS" != "x" ; then
-    CFLAGS="$LIBCHAMELEON_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
-    CXXFLAGS="$LIBCHAMELEON_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"
-    CPPFLAGS="$LIBCHAMELEON_CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
-    CHAMELEONLIB="$LIBCHAMELEON_PATH $LIBCHAMELEON_LIBS"
-    AC_DEFINE(USE_CHAMELEON,1,[CHAMELEON support is available])
-    with_CHAMELEON=yes
-  else
-    with_CHAMELEON=no
-  fi
-fi
-AC_MSG_NOTICE([CHAMELEON library support: ${with_CHAMELEON:=auto} ${LIBCHAMELEON_PATH} ${LIBCHAMELEON_LIBS}])
-AC_SUBST(CHAMELEONLIB)
-# auto-detect using pkg-config
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBCHAMELEON],[chameleon >= 1.0.0],,[
-
-  ## something went wrong.
-  ## try to find the package without pkg-config
-
-  ## check that the library is actually new enough.
-  ## by testing for a 1.0.0+ function which we use
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(chameleon,CHAMELEON_finalize,[LIBCHAMELEON_LIBS="-lchameleon"])
-])
-if test "x$LIBCHAMELEON_LIBS" != "x" ; then
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(chameleon.h)
-fi
-
 ## BLAS
 #AX_BLAS([], [AC_MSG_ERROR([BLAS was not found.])])