diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e538b271c..f047c2622 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([				\
 	setutent				\
 	sigaction				\
 	strstr					\
-	timegm					\
 	ttyname					\
 	ttyslot					\
 	umask					\