diff --git a/configure b/configure

index e5e0184..85da2bc 100755

--- a/configure

+++ b/configure

@@ -7567,40 +7567,6 @@ _ACEOF

 fi

 fi

-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for __builtin_expect" >&5

-$as_echo_n "checking for __builtin_expect... " >&6; }

-if test "${libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect+set}" = set; then

-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6

-else

-  cat > conftest.c <<EOF

-#line $LINENO "configure"

-int foo (int a)

-{

-  a = __builtin_expect (a, 10);

-  return a == 10 ? 0 : 1;

-}

-EOF

-if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -nostdlib -nostartfiles

-			    -o conftest conftest.c -lgcc >&5'

-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5

-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5

-  ac_status=$?

-  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5

-  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then

-  libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect=yes

-else

-  libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect=no

-fi

-rm -f conftest*

-fi

-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect" >&5

-$as_echo "$libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect" >&6; }

-if test "$libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect" = no; then

-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: support for __builtin_expect needed" >&5

-$as_echo "$as_me: error: support for __builtin_expect needed" >&2;}

-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }

-fi

-

 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for __builtin_memset" >&5

 $as_echo_n "checking for __builtin_memset... " >&6; }

 if test "${libc_cv_gcc_builtin_memset+set}" = set; then

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in

index 4655c8a..596443d 100644

--- a/configure.in

+++ b/configure.in

@@ -2134,28 +2134,6 @@ if test "$libc_cv_c_asmcr0_bug" != 'no'; then

 fi

 fi

-dnl Check whether compiler understands __builtin_expect.

-AC_CACHE_CHECK(for __builtin_expect, libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect,

-[cat > conftest.c <<EOF

-#line $LINENO "configure"

-int foo (int a)

-{

-  a = __builtin_expect (a, 10);

-  return a == 10 ? 0 : 1;

-}

-EOF

-dnl No \ in command here because it ends up inside ''.

-if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -nostdlib -nostartfiles

-			    -o conftest conftest.c -lgcc >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD]); then

-  libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect=yes

-else

-  libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect=no

-fi

-rm -f conftest*])

-if test "$libc_cv_gcc_builtin_expect" = no; then

-  AC_MSG_ERROR([support for __builtin_expect needed])

-fi

-

 AC_CACHE_CHECK(for __builtin_memset, libc_cv_gcc_builtin_memset, [dnl

 cat > conftest.c <<\EOF

 void zero (void *x)