diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 23a4b64b95..218b8e195c 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Aug  8 12:21:13 1993  David J. Mackenzie  (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
+
+	* configure.in: Remove unneeded test.
+
 Sun Aug  8 12:41:22 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
 	* Makefile.in ({dist,real}clean): Use $(MAKE), not make.
diff --git a/bfd/configure.in b/bfd/configure.in
index a9e808b96e..b64de68bc0 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.in
+++ b/bfd/configure.in
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ fi
 
 # per-target:
 
-if [ "x$target" = "xall" ]; then
-	echo "*** 'all' can not be the default target" 1>&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
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