diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e1ab99b..89a5d70 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9307,7 +9307,7 @@
  getpriority getresuid getresgid getpwent getspnam getspent getsid getwd \
  if_nameindex \
  initgroups kill killpg lchmod lchown lockf linkat lstat lutimes mbrtowc mkdirat mkfifo \
- mkfifoat mknod mknodat mktime mremap nice openat pathconf pause plock poll \
+ mkfifoat mknod mknodat mktime mremap nice openat pathconf pause pipe2 plock poll \
  posix_fallocate posix_fadvise pread \
  pthread_init pthread_kill putenv pwrite readlink readlinkat readv realpath renameat \
  select sem_open sem_timedwait sem_getvalue sem_unlink sendfile setegid seteuid \
@@ -13824,14 +13824,6 @@
 esac
 
 
-ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "pipe2" "ac_cv_func_pipe2"
-if test "x$ac_cv_func_pipe2" = x""yes; then :
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_PIPE2 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-fi
-
-
 
 
 for h in `(cd $srcdir;echo Python/thread_*.h)`