diff -ur w3-4.0pre.47.orig/lisp/docomp.el w3-4.0pre.47/lisp/docomp.el
--- w3-4.0pre.47.orig/lisp/docomp.el	2001-11-28 14:04:22.000000000 -0600
+++ w3-4.0pre.47/lisp/docomp.el	2003-05-19 01:26:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
-;;; First things first - if they do not have the WIDGETDIR environment
-;;; variable set, choke, scream, and die.
-(if (or (not (getenv "WIDGETDIR"))
- 	(string= (getenv "WIDGETDIR") "no"))
-    (progn
-      (message "Could not find custom libraries.")
-      (message "Please rerun `configure' in the top level directory, and")
-      (message "provide the `--with-custom=XXX' flag.")
-      (kill-emacs 1)))
-
 (setq load-path (append (list (expand-file-name 
-			       (or (getenv "W3SRCDIR") "./"))
+ 			       (or (getenv "W3SRCDIR") "./"))
 			      "."
-			      (or (getenv "WIDGETDIR")
-				  (expand-file-name "../widget"))
-			      (or (getenv "GNUSDIR")
-				  (expand-file-name "../gnus"))
-			      )
-			load-path))
+ 			      )
+ 			load-path))
 
 (setq max-specpdl-size (* 10 max-specpdl-size)
       max-lisp-eval-depth (* 10 max-lisp-eval-depth))