https://bugs.gentoo.org/800177

--- helm-3.8.0/emacs-helm.sh
+++ helm-3.8.0/emacs-helm.sh
@@ -137,19 +137,6 @@
 
 cd "${0%/*}" || exit 1
 
-# Check if autoload file exists.
-# It may be in a different directory if emacs-helm.sh is a symlink.
-TRUENAME=$(ls -l "$0" | awk '{print $11}')
-if [ ! -z "$TRUENAME" ]; then
-    AUTO_FILE="${TRUENAME%/*}/helm-autoloads.el"
-else
-    AUTO_FILE="helm-autoloads.el"
-fi
-if [ ! -e "$AUTO_FILE" ]; then
-    echo No autoloads found, please run make first to generate autoload file
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 
 cat > $CONF_FILE <<EOF
 (setq initial-scratch-message (concat initial-scratch-message