diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b8ebc0241..cffcf63ec 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([\
 	maillock.h				\
 	netgroup.h				\
 	netinet/in6_machtypes.h			\
-	netinfo/ni.h				\
 	pthread.h				\
 	pty.h					\
 	sac.h					\
@@ -336,14 +335,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(security/pam_modules.h, , , [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
 #include <security/pam_appl.h>
 ])
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(netinfo,
-	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-netinfo],[enable netinfo for configuration lookup]))
-
-if test "$ac_cv_header_netinfo_ni_h" = yes -a "$enable_netinfo" = yes; then
-       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NETINFO, 1,
-               [Define if you want to use Netinfo instead of krb5.conf.])
-fi
-
 dnl export symbols
 rk_WIN32_EXPORT(BUILD_KRB5_LIB, KRB5_LIB)
 rk_WIN32_EXPORT(BUILD_ROKEN_LIB, ROKEN_LIB)