diff -Nur abiword-2.8.1/configure.in abiword-2.8.1.nocollab/configure.in
--- abiword-2.8.1/configure.in	2009-11-01 16:02:14.000000000 +0100
+++ abiword-2.8.1.nocollab/configure.in	2009-11-01 16:03:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@
 
 m4_include([plugin-builtin.m4])
 
+enable_collab=no
 m4_include([plugin-configure.m4])
 
 AC_SUBST([PLUGINS])