diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8aaf2f451ee5294fcab4be1e95deca8f05d9918e..674f5a826a3706879a2e40b29bbca73587acfb59 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ CVS code -
 	  (DLR)
 	- Change all rcfile error messages to refer to commands instead
 	  of directives, for consistency with nanorc.5. (DLR)
+- configure.ac:
+	- Remove old warning about color support. (DLR)
 - doc/nano.1, doc/nanorc.5, doc/rnano.1, doc/nano.texi:
 	- Update the copyright years to include 2006. (DLR)
 	- Explicitly mention that all regexes should be extended regular
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bef20388f35ced8420d0091987603ad83271ab0c..c1570d2b1a396d53f7fbfd704beb99152697a56e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -157,12 +157,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(color,
 [if test x$enableval = xyes; then
     AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_NANORC, 1, [Define this to use the .nanorc file.]) nanorc_support=yes
     AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_COLOR, 1, [Define this to have syntax highlighting, requires regex.h and ENABLE_NANORC too!]) color_support=yes
-    AC_MSG_WARN([
-***********************************************************************
-*** WARNING: Color support is far from perfect, but functional.     ***
-*** Be careful with syntax in your .nanorc or nano may malfunction. ***
-***********************************************************************
-])
 fi])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(multibuffer,