diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 371e5ba0257..e3048ebaea3 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-03-01  Rainer Orth  <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+	* configure.host (mips-sgi-irix6*): Don't set libgcj_interpreter.
+
 2010-02-24  Andrew Haley  <aph@redhat.com>
 
 	PR java/40816
diff --git a/libjava/configure.host b/libjava/configure.host
index 3baaf274a0f..36039b5fc4a 100644
--- a/libjava/configure.host
+++ b/libjava/configure.host
@@ -282,8 +282,6 @@ EOF
 	;;
   mips-sgi-irix6* )
 	sysdeps_dir=mips
-	# disable interpreter, no closure support for N32 and N64 ABIs
-	libgcj_interpreter=no
 	;;
   arm*-linux* )
 	slow_pthread_self=no