diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 653fe71..a93502c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -506,13 +506,6 @@ if test x$use_hardening != xno; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wstack-protector],[HARDENED_CXXFLAGS="$HARDENED_CXXFLAGS -Wstack-protector"])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fstack-protector-all],[HARDENED_CXXFLAGS="$HARDENED_CXXFLAGS -fstack-protector-all"])
 
-  AX_CHECK_PREPROC_FLAG([-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2],[
-    AX_CHECK_PREPROC_FLAG([-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE],[
-      HARDENED_CPPFLAGS="$HARDENED_CPPFLAGS -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE"
-    ])
-    HARDENED_CPPFLAGS="$HARDENED_CPPFLAGS -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-  ])
-
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--dynamicbase]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,--dynamicbase"])
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--nxcompat]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,--nxcompat"])
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--high-entropy-va]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,--high-entropy-va"])