diff -ur ../original/gemini.cl ./gemini.cl
--- ../original/gemini.cl	2015-11-30 20:26:51.000000000 -0300
+++ ./gemini.cl	2016-10-03 21:17:44.000000000 -0300
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #          Dec   7, 2015 KL	Release v1.13.1
 #
 # The latest version of the Gemini IRAF package is only compatible with
-# versions of IRAF between v2.14.1 and v2.16 in Ureka
+# versions of IRAF between v2.14.1-v2.15.1a and v2.16 in Ureka or Astroconda
+# -- but that requirement is enforced by installing as a conda package, so the
+# version-check logic has been removed here (avoiding annoying pauses):
 if (defpar ("release")) {
     if (release >= "2.16") {
         # There appear to be several issues related to the new image template
@@ -31,24 +33,7 @@
         if (defvar("use_new_imt")) {
             set use_new_imt = "no"
         }
-        if (!access("iraf$../bin/ur-setup-real")) {
-            printf ("WARNING: The Gemini IRAF package is not compatible \n")
-            printf ("         with IRAF v2.16, unless installed using Ureka\n")
-            printf ("Tested with IRAF 2.16 from Ureka\n")
-            sleep 10
-        }
-    } else if ((release < "2.14.1") || (release > "2.15.1a")) {
-        printf ("WARNING: The Gemini IRAF package is only compatible with\n")
-        printf ("         versions of IRAF between v2.14.1 and v2.15.1a\n")
-        printf ("         and v2.16 in Ureka\n")
-        printf ("Tested with IRAF 2.16 from Ureka\n")
-        sleep 10
     }
-} else {
-        printf ("WARNING: The Gemini IRAF package is only compatible with\n")
-        printf ("         versions of IRAF v2.14.1 and v2.16 in Ureka\n")
-        printf ("Tested with IRAF 2.16 from Ureka\n")
-        sleep 10
 }
 ;