diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dc296af43..1a3a450c7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -764,7 +764,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getrusage setrlimit stat setlocale)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(flockfile funlockfile fopencookie funopen)
 
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(vasprintf)
-AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(fopencookie)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(mkdtemp)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(fseeko ftello)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(isascii)