diff --git a/config_host/config_poppler.h.in b/config_host/config_poppler.h.in
index 4b0596eb34e4..8cb1ddb95dbf 100644
--- a/config_host/config_poppler.h.in
+++ b/config_host/config_poppler.h.in
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@ Settings for poppler header file detection
 
 #define ENABLE_PDFIMPORT 0
 
-#define HAVE_POPPLER_VERSION_H 0
-
 #endif
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 81be833e671f..3d583bb00c5f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -11992,27 +11992,14 @@ if test "$ENABLE_PDFIMPORT" = "TRUE" -a "$ENABLE_POPPLER" = "TRUE"; then
     if test "$with_system_poppler" = "yes"; then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([external])
         SYSTEM_POPPLER=TRUE
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES( POPPLER, poppler >= 0.12.0 )
-        AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
-        save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
-        save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
-        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $POPPLER_CFLAGS"
-        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $POPPLER_CFLAGS"
-        AC_CHECK_HEADER([cpp/poppler-version.h],
-            [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_POPPLER_VERSION_H], 1)],
-            [])
-        CXXFLAGS=$save_CXXFLAGS
-        CPPFLAGS=$save_CPPFLAGS
-        AC_LANG_POP([C++])
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(POPPLER,[poppler >= 0.14 poppler-cpp])
         POPPLER_CFLAGS=$(printf '%s' "$POPPLER_CFLAGS" | sed -e "s/-I/${ISYSTEM?}/g")
-
         FilterLibs "${POPPLER_LIBS}"
         POPPLER_LIBS="${filteredlibs}"
     else
         AC_MSG_RESULT([internal])
         SYSTEM_POPPLER=
         BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE POPPLER"
-        AC_DEFINE([HAVE_POPPLER_VERSION_H], 1)
     fi
     AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_PDFIMPORT],1)
 fi
diff --git a/sdext/source/pdfimport/xpdfwrapper/pdfioutdev_gpl.hxx b/sdext/source/pdfimport/xpdfwrapper/pdfioutdev_gpl.hxx
index f087915d97b9..b34fad1ba90a 100644
--- a/sdext/source/pdfimport/xpdfwrapper/pdfioutdev_gpl.hxx
+++ b/sdext/source/pdfimport/xpdfwrapper/pdfioutdev_gpl.hxx
@@ -55,14 +55,7 @@
 class GfxPath;
 class GfxFont;
 class PDFDoc;
-#if HAVE_POPPLER_VERSION_H
 #include <cpp/poppler-version.h>
-#else
-#define POPPLER_VERSION "0.12.3"
-#define POPPLER_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define POPPLER_VERSION_MINOR 12
-#define POPPLER_VERSION_MICRO 3
-#endif
 #define POPPLER_CHECK_VERSION(major,minor,micro) \
   (POPPLER_VERSION_MAJOR > (major) || \
    (POPPLER_VERSION_MAJOR == (major) && POPPLER_VERSION_MINOR > (minor)) || \