diff --git a/stix/configure b/stix/configure
index 47785a6..dc82f17 100755
--- a/stix/configure
+++ b/stix/configure
@@ -17949,7 +17949,6 @@ esac
 LIBM=$LIBM
 
 
-check some compiler builtins
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking __builtin_memset" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking __builtin_memset... " >&6; }
 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
diff --git a/stix/configure.ac b/stix/configure.ac
index f6bc858..bc8d3ae 100644
--- a/stix/configure.ac
+++ b/stix/configure.ac
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ dnl check the math library (check if -lm is needed)
 LT_LIB_M
 AC_SUBST(LIBM, $LIBM)
 
-check some compiler builtins
+dnl check some compiler builtins
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([__builtin_memset])
 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
 	[AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [__builtin_memset ((void*)1, ' ', 10);])],