diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d4a1c9f8..c9515f2c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ PATH_MAX_DEFINED
 AC_FUNC_FORK
 AC_FUNC_GETMNTENT
 AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK
-AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 AC_FUNC_MKTIME
 AC_FUNC_STRCOLL
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([dup2 getcwd getmntinfo gettimeofday memmove memset \