diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 18f3104acb0..6fc1a086a34 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -682,8 +682,6 @@ if test x$ac_cv_sys_large_files != x &&
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_LARGE_FILES=$ac_cv_sys_large_files"
 fi
 
-AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--large-address-aware]], [LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--large-address-aware"])
-
 AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([visibility])
 AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([dllexport])
 AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([dllimport])