diff --git a/src/mono/configure.ac b/src/mono/configure.ac
index 7a038f59e9f151219ec819c367d4fe9ae91b921d..410592c65db590521f450df2424a3eba3e7720cf 100644
--- a/src/mono/configure.ac
+++ b/src/mono/configure.ac
@@ -2947,13 +2947,6 @@ if test x$host_win32 = xno; then
 	AC_SEARCH_LIBS(shm_open, pthread rt posix4) 
 	AC_CHECK_FUNCS(shm_open)
 
-	dnl ********************************
-	dnl ***  Checks for gettext lib  ***
-	dnl ********************************
-	# This is needed for some hackery for AIX;
-	# Mono itself doesn't use it, but DllMap includes it
-	AC_SEARCH_LIBS([gettext], [intl])
-
 	dnl ********************************
 	dnl *** Checks for timezone stuff **
 	dnl ********************************