diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index dad08e4cc2b..d1ed45caeab 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-12-17  Fred Fish  <fnf@redhat.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Remove code to examine linker scripts and set
+	HAVE_MIPS_LIBGLOSS_STARTUP_DIRECTIVES.
+	* configure, config.in: Regenerate.
+
 2003-12-16  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR c++/12218
diff --git a/gcc/config.in b/gcc/config.in
index 72aec728470..9a5633ba2ba 100644
--- a/gcc/config.in
+++ b/gcc/config.in
@@ -517,9 +517,6 @@
 /* Define if your linker supports -pie option. */
 #undef HAVE_LD_PIE
 
-/* Define if your MIPS libgloss linker scripts consistently include STARTUP directives. */
-#undef HAVE_MIPS_LIBGLOSS_STARTUP_DIRECTIVES
-
 /* Define to PREFIX/include if cpp should also search that directory. */
 #undef PREFIX_INCLUDE_DIR
 
diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
index 94f0f676b8c..e90284e29c0 100755
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -7530,39 +7530,6 @@ EOF
 fi
 echo "$ac_t""$gcc_cv_ld_pie" 1>&6
 
-# Miscellaneous target-specific checks.
-case "$target" in
-  mips*-*-*)
-    echo $ac_n "checking whether libgloss uses STARTUP directives consistently""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:7538: checking whether libgloss uses STARTUP directives consistently" >&5
-    gcc_cv_mips_libgloss_startup=no
-    gcc_cv_libgloss_srcdir=`echo $srcdir | sed -e 's,/gcc$,,'`/libgloss
-    if test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE; then
-      if test "x$prefix" = xNONE; then
-        test_prefix=/usr/local
-      else
-        test_prefix=$prefix
-      fi
-    else
-      test_prefix=$exec_prefix
-    fi
-    for f in $gcc_cv_libgloss_srcdir/mips/idt.ld $test_prefix/$target_noncanonical/lib/idt.ld
-    do
-      if grep '^STARTUP' $f > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        gcc_cv_mips_libgloss_startup=yes
-        break
-      fi
-    done
-    if test x"$gcc_cv_mips_libgloss_startup" = xyes; then
-      cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
-#define HAVE_MIPS_LIBGLOSS_STARTUP_DIRECTIVES 1
-EOF
-
-    fi
-    echo "$ac_t""$gcc_cv_mips_libgloss_startup" 1>&6
-    ;;
-esac
-
 if test x$with_sysroot = x && test x$host = x$target \
    && test "$prefix" != "/usr" && test "x$prefix" != "x$local_prefix" ; then
   cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
@@ -7736,7 +7703,7 @@ fi
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:7740: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5
+echo "configure:7707: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5
     # Check whether --enable-maintainer-mode or --disable-maintainer-mode was given.
 if test "${enable_maintainer_mode+set}" = set; then
   enableval="$enable_maintainer_mode"
diff --git a/gcc/configure.in b/gcc/configure.in
index 02a7ce27fb5..1c2efa64348 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.in
+++ b/gcc/configure.in
@@ -2541,36 +2541,6 @@ if test x"$gcc_cv_ld_pie" = xyes; then
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT($gcc_cv_ld_pie)
 
-# Miscellaneous target-specific checks.
-case "$target" in
-  mips*-*-*)
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether libgloss uses STARTUP directives consistently)
-    gcc_cv_mips_libgloss_startup=no
-    gcc_cv_libgloss_srcdir=`echo $srcdir | sed -e 's,/gcc$,,'`/libgloss
-    if test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE; then
-      if test "x$prefix" = xNONE; then
-        test_prefix=/usr/local
-      else
-        test_prefix=$prefix
-      fi
-    else
-      test_prefix=$exec_prefix
-    fi
-    for f in $gcc_cv_libgloss_srcdir/mips/idt.ld $test_prefix/$target_noncanonical/lib/idt.ld
-    do
-      if grep '^STARTUP' $f > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        gcc_cv_mips_libgloss_startup=yes
-        break
-      fi
-    done
-    if test x"$gcc_cv_mips_libgloss_startup" = xyes; then
-      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MIPS_LIBGLOSS_STARTUP_DIRECTIVES, 1,
-        [Define if your MIPS libgloss linker scripts consistently include STARTUP directives.])
-    fi
-    AC_MSG_RESULT($gcc_cv_mips_libgloss_startup)
-    ;;
-esac
-
 if test x$with_sysroot = x && test x$host = x$target \
    && test "$prefix" != "/usr" && test "x$prefix" != "x$local_prefix" ; then
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PREFIX_INCLUDE_DIR, "$prefix/include",