diff --git a/sysdeps/hppa/configure b/sysdeps/hppa/configure
index 07bde0e0ee..bc01e46b6c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/hppa/configure
+++ b/sysdeps/hppa/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # This file is generated from configure.in by Autoconf.  DO NOT EDIT!
 
-hppa*linux*)
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for assembler line separator" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for assembler line separator... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${libc_cv_asm_line_sep+set}" = set; then
diff --git a/sysdeps/hppa/configure.in b/sysdeps/hppa/configure.in
index 1ec6780835..1ec417b947 100644
--- a/sysdeps/hppa/configure.in
+++ b/sysdeps/hppa/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ GLIBC_PROVIDES dnl See aclocal.m4 in the top level source directory.
 
 dnl The standard hppa assembler uses `;' to start comments and `!'
 dnl as a line separator.
-hppa*linux*)
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(for assembler line separator,
 	       libc_cv_asm_line_sep, [dnl
 cat > conftest.s <<EOF