diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 27a9a54..3b2ee8e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
-mybits=""
-if [[ `uname -m` = "x86_64" ]] ; then
-	mybits="64";
-fi
 AC_SUBST(mybits)
 
 dnl Automake boilerplate.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 04c89ff..fa0eefa 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2330,10 +2330,6 @@ ac_configure="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/configure"  # Please don't use this var.
 
 
 
-mybits=""
-if [ `uname -m` = "x86_64" ] ; then
-	mybits="64";
-fi
 
 
         # Make sure we can run config.sub.