diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index bcc6f52..53705e1 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -602,24 +602,6 @@ int f ()
 }
 ])
 
-GMP_PROG_CC_WORKS_PART([$1], [long long reliability test 1],
-[/* The following provokes a segfault in the compiler on powerpc-apple-darwin.
-   Extracted from tests/mpn/t-iord_u.c.  Causes Apple's gcc 3.3 build 1640 and
-   1666 to segfault with e.g., -O2 -mpowerpc64.  */
-
-#if defined (__GNUC__) && ! defined (__cplusplus)
-typedef unsigned long long t1;typedef t1*t2;
-void g(){}
-void h(){}
-static __inline__ t1 e(t2 rp,t2 up,int n,t1 v0)
-{t1 c,x,r;int i;if(v0){c=1;for(i=1;i<n;i++){x=up[i];r=x+1;rp[i]=r;}}return c;}
-void f(){static const struct{t1 n;t1 src[9];t1 want[9];}d[]={{1,{0},{1}},};t1 got[9];int i;
-for(i=0;i<1;i++){if(e(got,got,9,d[i].n)==0)h();g(i,d[i].src,d[i].n,got,d[i].want,9);if(d[i].n)h();}}
-#else
-int dummy;
-#endif
-])
-
 GMP_PROG_CC_WORKS_PART([$1], [long long reliability test 2],
 [/* The following provokes an internal compiler error on powerpc-apple-darwin.
    Extracted from mpz/cfdiv_q_2exp.c.  Causes Apple's gcc 3.3 build 1640 and
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b9abc1b..04ba451 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6382,71 +6382,6 @@ fi
 
 
 
-if test "$gmp_prog_cc_works" = yes; then
-  # remove anything that might look like compiler output to our "||" expression
-  rm -f conftest* a.out b.out a.exe a_out.exe
-  cat >conftest.c <<EOF
-/* The following provokes a segfault in the compiler on powerpc-apple-darwin.
-   Extracted from tests/mpn/t-iord_u.c.  Causes Apple's gcc 3.3 build 1640 and
-   1666 to segfault with e.g., -O2 -mpowerpc64.  */
-
-#if defined (__GNUC__) && ! defined (__cplusplus)
-typedef unsigned long long t1;typedef t1*t2;
-void g(){}
-void h(){}
-static __inline__ t1 e(t2 rp,t2 up,int n,t1 v0)
-{t1 c,x,r;int i;if(v0){c=1;for(i=1;i<n;i++){x=up[i];r=x+1;rp[i]=r;}}return c;}
-void f(){static const struct{t1 n;t1 src[9];t1 want[9];}d[]={{1,{0},{1}},};t1 got[9];int i;
-for(i=0;i<1;i++){if(e(got,got,9,d[i].n)==0)h();g(i,d[i].src,d[i].n,got,d[i].want,9);if(d[i].n)h();}}
-#else
-int dummy;
-#endif
-
-int main () { return 0; }
-EOF
-  echo "Test compile: long long reliability test 1" >&5
-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
-  if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
-  (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  test $ac_status = 0; }; then
-    cc_works_part=yes
-    if test "$cross_compiling" = no; then
-      if { ac_try='./a.out || ./b.out || ./a.exe || ./a_out.exe || ./conftest'
-  { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  test $ac_status = 0; }; }; then :;
-      else
-        cc_works_part=norun
-      fi
-    fi
-  else
-    cc_works_part=no
-  fi
-  if test "$cc_works_part" != yes; then
-    echo "failed program was:" >&5
-    cat conftest.c >&5
-  fi
-  rm -f conftest* a.out b.out a.exe a_out.exe
-  case $cc_works_part in
-    yes)
-
-      ;;
-    no)
-      gmp_prog_cc_works="no, long long reliability test 1"
-      ;;
-    norun)
-      gmp_prog_cc_works="no, long long reliability test 1, program does not run"
-      ;;
-  esac
-fi
-
-
-
-
 if test "$gmp_prog_cc_works" = yes; then
   # remove anything that might look like compiler output to our "||" expression
   rm -f conftest* a.out b.out a.exe a_out.exe