Index: rednotebook-1.1.4/rednotebook/gui/browser.py
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--- rednotebook-1.1.4.orig/rednotebook/gui/browser.py
+++ rednotebook-1.1.4/rednotebook/gui/browser.py
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ from rednotebook.util import filesystem
 
 
 webkit = None
-try:
-    import webkit
-except ImportError:
-    logging.error('Webkit was not found. It can be found in a package '
-                  'with the name python-webkit or pywebkitgtk. ')
-    sys.exit(1)
-
 
 def can_print_pdf():
     if not webkit: