diff --git a/gpg-Ezmlm/trunk/Gpg.pm b/gpg-Ezmlm/trunk/Gpg.pm
index de91c62..2358134 100644
--- a/gpg-Ezmlm/trunk/Gpg.pm
+++ b/gpg-Ezmlm/trunk/Gpg.pm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 package Mail::Ezmlm::Gpg;
 
 use strict;
-use vars qw($GPG_EZMLM_BASE $GPG_BIN $VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK);
+use vars qw($GPG_BIN $VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK);
 use vars qw(@GPG_LIST_OPTIONS);
 use Carp;
 use Crypt::GPG;
@@ -616,15 +616,6 @@ sub get_secret_keys {
 }
 
 
-# == check version of gpg-ezmlm ==
-sub check_gpgpy_ezmlm_version {
-	my $ret_value = system("'$GPG_EZMLM_BASE/gpg-ezmlm-convert.pl' --version &>/dev/null"); 
-	# for now we do not need a specific version of gpg-ezmlm - it just has to
-	# know the "--version" argument (available since gpg-ezmlm 0.3.4)
-	return ($ret_value == 0);
-}
-
-
 ############ some internal functions ##############
 
 # == internal function for creating a gpg object ==