diff -u thumbs-1.8.orig/thumbs.el thumbs-1.8/thumbs.el
--- thumbs-1.8.orig/thumbs.el	2003-09-24 18:01:22.000000000 -0500
+++ thumbs-1.8/thumbs.el	2003-09-24 23:44:24.834705392 -0500
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@
 
 (defconst xemacsp (string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version))
 
-(if (and (not xemacsp)(not (featurep 'image)))
-    (error "Your Emacs version (%S) doesn't support in-line images or was not compiled with image support.
-Upgrade to Emacs 21.1 or newer, or compile it with image support."
-  emacs-version))
-
 (if (not (fboundp 'image-file-name-regexp))
     (defun image-file-name-regexp ()
       (let ((reg
Only in thumbs-1.8: thumbs.el~