diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9f0f4f0fb34c2c48ac239dd4d1c820b6d5f95c01..10799c8ba5a039bdb6366c884d7eb58fdc42ac27 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 
 AC_PROG_CC_C99
-AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_C_CONST
 AC_C_INLINE