diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d43d251f8a..16fb1a0ac3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -611,7 +611,6 @@ mach_interface_list
 DEFINES
 nopic_initfini
 static_nss
-bounded
 profile
 libc_cv_pic_default
 shared
@@ -7756,7 +7755,6 @@ $as_echo "$libc_cv_pic_default" >&6; }
 
 
 
-
 if test "`(cd $srcdir; pwd)`" = "`pwd`"; then
   config_makefile=
 else
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 84f059e62d..30ad9628db 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2220,7 +2220,6 @@ rm -f conftest.*])
 AC_SUBST(libc_cv_pic_default)
 
 AC_SUBST(profile)
-AC_SUBST(bounded)
 AC_SUBST(static_nss)
 AC_SUBST(nopic_initfini)