--- configure.orig	2021-05-11 21:34:33 UTC
+++ configure
@@ -1964,19 +1964,6 @@ if test -z "$meson"; then
             error_exit "Meson not found.  Use --meson=/path/to/meson"
         fi
     fi
-else
-    # Meson uses its own Python interpreter to invoke other Python scripts,
-    # but the user wants to use the one they specified with --python.
-    #
-    # We do not want to override the distro Python interpreter (and sometimes
-    # cannot: for example in Homebrew /usr/bin/meson is a bash script), so
-    # just require --meson=git|internal together with --python.
-    if test "$explicit_python" = yes; then
-        case "$meson" in
-            git | internal) ;;
-            *) error_exit "--python requires using QEMU's embedded Meson distribution." ;;
-        esac
-    fi
 fi
 
 if test "$meson" = git; then