diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e97e4e6a46..92084ea610 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3447,43 +3447,7 @@ fi
 dnl
 dnl  Vorbis plugin
 dnl
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(vorbis,
-  [  --enable-vorbis         Vorbis decoder support (default enabled)])
-if test "${enable_vorbis}" != "no"
-then
-  AC_ARG_WITH(vorbis-tree,
-  [    --with-vorbis-tree=PATH vorbis tree for static linking])
-  if test -n "${with_vorbis_tree}"
-  then
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libvorbis.a in ${with_vorbis_tree})
-    real_vorbis_tree="`cd ${with_vorbis_tree} 2>/dev/null && pwd`"
-    if test -z "${real_vorbis_tree}"
-    then
-      dnl  The given directory can't be found
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot cd to ${with_vorbis_tree}])
-    fi
-    if test -f "${real_vorbis_tree}/lib/.libs/libvorbis.a"
-    then
-      dnl  Use a custom vorbis
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(${real_vorbis_tree}/lib/.libs/libvorbis.a)
-      VLC_ADD_PLUGIN([vorbis])
-      VLC_ADD_LIBS([vorbis],[${real_vorbis_tree}/lib/.libs/libvorbis.a ${real_vorbis_tree}/lib/.libs/libvorbisenc.a])
-      VLC_ADD_CFLAGS([vorbis],[-I${real_vorbis_tree}/include])
-    else
-      dnl  The given vorbis wasn't built
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find ${real_vorbis_tree}/lib/.libs/libvorbis.a, make sure you compiled vorbis in ${with_vorbis_tree}])
-    fi
-  else
-    AC_CHECK_HEADERS(vorbis/codec.h, [
-      VLC_ADD_PLUGIN([vorbis])
-      VLC_ADD_LIBS([vorbis],[-lvorbis -logg -lm]) ],[])
-
-    AC_CHECK_HEADERS(vorbis/vorbisenc.h, [
-      VLC_ADD_LIBS([vorbis],[-lvorbisenc -lm]) ],[])
-  fi
-fi
+PKG_ENABLE_MODULES_VLC([VORBIS], [vorbis >= 1.1 vorbisenc >= 1.1], [Vorbis decoder and encoder], [auto])
 
 dnl
 dnl  Tremor plugin
diff --git a/modules/codec/vorbis.c b/modules/codec/vorbis.c
index 62cb4d2595..2c2a735495 100644
--- a/modules/codec/vorbis.c
+++ b/modules/codec/vorbis.c
@@ -44,15 +44,11 @@
 #include <tremor/ivorbiscodec.h>
 
 #else
-#include <vorbis/codec.h>
-
-/* vorbis header */
-#ifdef HAVE_VORBIS_VORBISENC_H
-#   include <vorbis/vorbisenc.h>
-#   ifndef OV_ECTL_RATEMANAGE_AVG
-#       define OV_ECTL_RATEMANAGE_AVG 0x0
-#   endif
-#endif
+#include <vorbis/vorbisenc.h>
+
+# ifndef OV_ECTL_RATEMANAGE_AVG
+#   define OV_ECTL_RATEMANAGE_AVG 0x0
+# endif
 
 #endif
 
@@ -198,9 +194,7 @@ vlc_module_begin ()
     add_submodule ()
     set_description( N_("Vorbis audio encoder") )
     set_capability( "encoder", 100 )
-#if defined(HAVE_VORBIS_VORBISENC_H)
     set_callbacks( OpenEncoder, CloseEncoder )
-#endif
 
     add_integer( ENC_CFG_PREFIX "quality", 0, NULL, ENC_QUALITY_TEXT,
                  ENC_QUALITY_LONGTEXT, false )
@@ -748,7 +742,7 @@ static void CloseDecoder( vlc_object_t *p_this )
     free( p_sys );
 }
 
-#if defined(HAVE_VORBIS_VORBISENC_H) && !defined(MODULE_NAME_IS_tremor)
+#ifndef MODULE_NAME_IS_tremor
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  * encoder_sys_t : vorbis encoder descriptor