diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b91534733ef11..602c72154af0e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -224,9 +224,6 @@ AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fvisibility=hidden],
 case $host_alias in
   *solaris*)
     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
-    if test "${enable_libgcc+set}" != "set" && test "$GCC" = "yes"; then
-      enable_libgcc=yes
-    fi
     ;;
   *dgux*)
     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_BSD_TIMEOFDAY_FLAVOR"