--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10146,59 +10146,6 @@ if test -n "$GCC"; then
     		OPTIM="-fPIC $OPTIM"
 	fi
 
-	# The -fstack-protector option is available with some versions of
-	# GCC and adds "stack canaries" which detect when the return address
-	# has been overwritten, preventing many types of exploit attacks.
-	{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if GCC supports -fstack-protector" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking if GCC supports -fstack-protector... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-	OLDCFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fstack-protector"
-	cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
-  OPTIM="$OPTIM -fstack-protector"
-		{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6; }
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-	{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-	CFLAGS="$OLDCFLAGS"
-
 	# The -pie option is available with some versions of GCC and adds
 	# randomization of addresses, which avoids another class of exploits
 	# that depend on a fixed address for common functions.
