diff --git a/m4/virt-polkit.m4 b/m4/virt-polkit.m4
index 9426c7d5dabae888b81f5b548985e175853bc688..5c2a3c1e3a0fb4cbb0fc281089ec8b0a73a74f65 100644
--- a/m4/virt-polkit.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-polkit.m4
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_CHECK_POLKIT], [
 
   PKCHECK_PATH=
 
-  with_polkit1=no
-
   if test "x$with_polkit" = "xyes" || test "x$with_polkit" = "xcheck"; then
     dnl Check for new polkit first. We directly talk over DBus
     dnl but we use existence of pkcheck binary as a sign that
@@ -40,10 +38,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_CHECK_POLKIT], [
       if test "x$with_dbus" = "xyes" ; then
         AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([WITH_POLKIT], 1,
             [use PolicyKit for UNIX socket access checks])
-        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([WITH_POLKIT1], 1,
-            [use PolicyKit for UNIX socket access checks])
         with_polkit="yes"
-        with_polkit1="yes"
       else
         if test "x$with_polkit" = "xcheck" ; then
           with_polkit=no
@@ -56,7 +51,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_CHECK_POLKIT], [
   fi
 
   AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_POLKIT], [test "x$with_polkit" = "xyes"])
-  AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_POLKIT1], [test "x$with_polkit1" = "xyes"])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_RESULT_POLKIT], [
diff --git a/src/access/Makefile.inc.am b/src/access/Makefile.inc.am
index c68ba5f04485d628aa8188cf4714a19e731303fc..6d57ca1a1b338a2655b0a8c6d32f4b50303522d1 100644
--- a/src/access/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/access/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ $(ACCESS_DRIVER_POLKIT_POLICY): $(srcdir)/access/viraccessperm.h \
     $(srcdir)/access/genpolkit.pl Makefile.am
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PERL) $(srcdir)/access/genpolkit.pl < $< > $@ || rm -f $@
 
-if WITH_POLKIT1
+if WITH_POLKIT
 libvirt_driver_access_la_SOURCES += $(ACCESS_DRIVER_POLKIT_SOURCES)
 
 polkitactiondir = $(datadir)/polkit-1/actions
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ endif WITH_LIBVIRTD
 
 CLEANFILES += $(ACCESS_DRIVER_POLKIT_POLICY)
 BUILT_SOURCES += $(ACCESS_DRIVER_POLKIT_POLICY)
-else ! WITH_POLKIT1
+else ! WITH_POLKIT
 EXTRA_DIST += $(ACCESS_DRIVER_POLKIT_SOURCES)
-endif ! WITH_POLKIT1
+endif ! WITH_POLKIT
 
 
 BUILT_SOURCES += \
diff --git a/src/access/viraccessmanager.c b/src/access/viraccessmanager.c
index cbfefb9d4f5ed86585a1d5fd8d68b85835724e45..c268ec57f7ba2d97412c5ffdc2879098827a5dfe 100644
--- a/src/access/viraccessmanager.c
+++ b/src/access/viraccessmanager.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "viraccessmanager.h"
 #include "viraccessdrivernop.h"
 #include "viraccessdriverstack.h"
-#if WITH_POLKIT1
+#if WITH_POLKIT
 # include "viraccessdriverpolkit.h"
 #endif
 #include "viralloc.h"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static virAccessManagerPtr virAccessManagerNewDriver(virAccessDriverPtr drv)
 
 static virAccessDriverPtr accessDrivers[] = {
     &accessDriverNop,
-#if WITH_POLKIT1
+#if WITH_POLKIT
     &accessDriverPolkit,
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/src/util/virpolkit.c b/src/util/virpolkit.c
index 2e8660188bb5fd87f4fec9f1502d316378081668..198439cea2915c23874436a7f8b6458a11780346 100644
--- a/src/util/virpolkit.c
+++ b/src/util/virpolkit.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 VIR_LOG_INIT("util.polkit");
 
-#if WITH_POLKIT1
+#if WITH_POLKIT
 
 struct _virPolkitAgent {
     virCommandPtr cmd;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ virPolkitAgentCreate(void)
 }
 
 
-#else /* ! WITH_POLKIT1 */
+#else /* ! WITH_POLKIT */
 
 int virPolkitCheckAuth(const char *actionid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                        pid_t pid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
@@ -236,4 +236,4 @@ virPolkitAgentCreate(void)
                    _("polkit text authentication agent unavailable"));
     return NULL;
 }
-#endif /* WITH_POLKIT1 */
+#endif /* WITH_POLKIT */
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 11a9b904ed8a74b6faa8c912611b38a614ddd656..15c8cc8158c09ac482fdb79a88e6285ad85a79e4 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ test_programs += virdbustest \
                  virsystemdtest \
                  $(NULL)
 test_libraries += virdbusmock.la
-if WITH_POLKIT1
+if WITH_POLKIT
 test_programs += virpolkittest
-endif WITH_POLKIT1
+endif WITH_POLKIT
 endif WITH_DBUS
 
 if WITH_SECDRIVER_SELINUX