--- a/configure	Thu Sep 28 12:15:26 2017 +0200
+++ b/configure	Thu Sep 28 12:30:43 2017 +0200
@@ -506,34 +506,6 @@
    fi
 fi
 
-echo_n "Configuring for system... "
-if uname -s
-then
-   UNAME_S=`uname -s`
-else
-   die "Could not determine operating system. 'uname -s' failed."
-fi
-echo_n "Configuring for architecture... "
-if uname -m
-then
-   UNAME_M=`uname -m`
-else
-   die "Could not determine processor architecture. 'uname -m' failed."
-fi
-
-if [ "$UNAME_S" = Linux ]
-then
-   GCC_ARCH=`gcc -print-multiarch 2>/dev/null`
-   if [ -n "$GCC_ARCH" -a -d "/usr/lib/$GCC_ARCH" ]
-   then
-      MULTIARCH_SUBDIR="lib/$GCC_ARCH"
-   elif [ -d "/usr/lib64" ]
-   then
-      # Useful for Fedora systems
-      MULTIARCH_SUBDIR="lib64"
-   fi
-fi
-
 if [ "$IDN_LIBRARY" = "icu" ]
 then
    IDNA_LIBS="$ICU_FLAGS"
@@ -579,7 +551,6 @@
 LUA_INCDIR=$LUA_INCDIR
 LUA_LIBDIR=$LUA_LIBDIR
 LUA_BINDIR=$LUA_BINDIR
-MULTIARCH_SUBDIR=$MULTIARCH_SUBDIR
 IDN_LIB=$IDN_LIB
 IDNA_LIBS=$IDNA_LIBS
 OPENSSL_LIBS=$OPENSSL_LIBS