--- firebird.org/src/jrd/fun.epp	2015-01-23 22:11:26.751475044 +0100
+++ firebird/src/jrd/fun.epp	2015-01-23 22:16:42.507322568 +0100
@@ -164,10 +164,14 @@
 	if (tryLibrary(LIBNAME, message[3]))
 		return;
 
+        /* fdo#72543: quote from https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72543#c8
+           "we don't need UDF support for embedded firebird,
+            hence the lack of ib_util isn't an issue and can safely be ignored"
 	// all failed - log error
 	gds__log("ib_util init failed, UDFs can't be used - looks like firebird misconfigured\n"
 			 "\t%s\n\t%s\n\t%s\n\t%s", message[0].c_str(), message[1].c_str(),
 									   message[2].c_str(), message[3].c_str());
+        */
 }
 
 void* IbUtil::alloc(long size)