diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 2c36b314ba7..fdc204f9da8 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-02-06  Loren Rittle <ljrittle@acm.org>
+
+	* config/locale/c_locale_generic.cc: Do not trust
+	_GLIBCPP_HAVE_STRTOF or _GLIBCPP_HAVE_STRTOLD as
+	set by configure.
+
 2002-02-06  Loren Rittle <ljrittle@acm.org>
 
 	* acinclude.m4: Add C++ linkage check for strtof.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/config/locale/c_locale_generic.cc b/libstdc++-v3/config/locale/c_locale_generic.cc
index e470f1ab3f8..245b5b23f80 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/config/locale/c_locale_generic.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/config/locale/c_locale_generic.cc
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace std
 	  const char* __old = setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
 	  char* __sanity;
 	  errno = 0;
-#if defined(_GLIBCPP_USE_C99) || defined(_GLIBCPP_HAVE_STRTOF)
+#if defined(_GLIBCPP_USE_C99)
 	  float __f = strtof(__s, &__sanity);
 #else
 	  double __d = strtod(__s, &__sanity);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace std
 	{
 	  // Assumes __s formatted for "C" locale.
 	  const char* __old = setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
-#if defined(_GLIBCPP_USE_C99) || defined(_GLIBCPP_HAVE_STRTOLD)
+#if defined(_GLIBCPP_USE_C99)
 	  char* __sanity;
 	  errno = 0;
 	  long double __ld = strtold(__s, &__sanity);