diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fa3996206..a10f24e5b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -128,16 +128,6 @@ LDFLAGS_STATIC="${LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_STATIC}"	# libtool format
 AC_MSG_RESULT($LDFLAGS_STATIC)
 AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS_STATIC)
 
-dnl
-dnl XXX Test for libpthread.a that is NPTL aware (static link only).
-dnl
-LDFLAGS_NPTL=
-if test -f /usr/lib/nptl/libpthread.a ; then
-    LDFLAGS_NPTL="-L/usr/lib/nptl"
-#    INCPATH="$INCPATH -I/usr/include/nptl"
-fi
-AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS_NPTL)
-
 dnl
 dnl look for POSIX chmod attributes
 dnl