diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 31315bc17..a7b20dfdf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 dnl Checks for library functions.
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
+dnl XXX don't want to re-enable code that's been unused for years at this
+dnl point, but should offer good performance improvements, check after
+dnl 4.4.2.1...
+dnl AC_FUNC_MMAP
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(basename getcwd getwd inet_aton mtrace putenv realpath setenv)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(stpcpy stpncpy strcspn)
diff --git a/lib/fsm.c b/lib/fsm.c
index 40b71d7b1..435bf716a 100644
--- a/lib/fsm.c
+++ b/lib/fsm.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static int writeFile(/*@special@*/ /*@partial@*/ FSM_t fsm, int writeData)
     if (rc) goto exit;
 
     if (writeData && S_ISREG(st->st_mode)) {
-#if HAVE_MMAP
+#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
 	char * rdbuf = NULL;
 	void * mapped = (void *)-1;
 	size_t nmapped;
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ static int writeFile(/*@special@*/ /*@partial@*/ FSM_t fsm, int writeData)
 	if (rc) goto exit;
 
 	/* XXX unbuffered mmap generates *lots* of fdio debugging */
-#if HAVE_MMAP
+#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
 	nmapped = 0;
 	mapped = mmap(NULL, st->st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, Fileno(fsm->rfd), 0);
 	if (mapped != (void *)-1) {
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ static int writeFile(/*@special@*/ /*@partial@*/ FSM_t fsm, int writeData)
 	left = st->st_size;
 
 	while (left) {
-#if HAVE_MMAP
+#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
 	  if (mapped != (void *)-1) {
 	    fsm->rdnb = nmapped;
 	  } else
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static int writeFile(/*@special@*/ /*@partial@*/ FSM_t fsm, int writeData)
 	    left -= fsm->wrnb;
 	}
 
-#if HAVE_MMAP
+#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
 /*@-branchstate@*/
 	if (mapped != (void *)-1) {
 	    xx = msync(mapped, nmapped, MS_ASYNC);
diff --git a/rpmdb/legacy.c b/rpmdb/legacy.c
index 5fa0431ad..b97d67b70 100644
--- a/rpmdb/legacy.c
+++ b/rpmdb/legacy.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int domd5(const char * fn, unsigned char * digest, int asAscii, size_t *fsizep)
     switch(ut) {
     case URL_IS_PATH:
     case URL_IS_UNKNOWN:
-#if HAVE_MMAP
+#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
       if (pid == 0) {
 	DIGEST_CTX ctx;
 	void * mapped;