--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3458,27 +3458,6 @@ $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
     ;;
 esac
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking Trying to compile a trivial ANSI C program" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking Trying to compile a trivial ANSI C program... " >&6; }
-if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  as_fn_error $? "Could not compile and run even a trivial ANSI C program - check CC." "$LINENO" 5
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
- main(int ac, char **av) { return 0; }
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
-$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-    as_fn_error $? "Could not compile and run even a trivial ANSI C program - check CC." "$LINENO" 5
-fi
-rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
-  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking __attribute__((noreturn))" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking __attribute__((noreturn))... " >&6; }