diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1c621cf59..ed6df89cc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -25556,31 +25556,6 @@ $as_echo "#define SDL_FILESYSTEM_HAIKU 1" >>confdefs.h
         # The Haiku platform requires special setup.
         SOURCES="$srcdir/src/main/haiku/*.cc $SOURCES"
         EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lroot -lbe -lmedia -lgame -ldevice -ltextencoding"
-        # Haiku's x86 spins use libstdc++.r4.so (for binary compat?), but
-        #  other spins, like x86-64, use a more standard "libstdc++.so.*"
-        as_ac_File=`$as_echo "ac_cv_file_"/boot/system/lib/libstdc++.r4.so"" | $as_tr_sh`
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for \"/boot/system/lib/libstdc++.r4.so\"" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for \"/boot/system/lib/libstdc++.r4.so\"... " >&6; }
-if eval \${$as_ac_File+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  test "$cross_compiling" = yes &&
-  as_fn_error $? "cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" "$LINENO" 5
-if test -r ""/boot/system/lib/libstdc++.r4.so""; then
-  eval "$as_ac_File=yes"
-else
-  eval "$as_ac_File=no"
-fi
-fi
-eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_File
-	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
-if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_File"\" = x"yes"; then :
-  EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lstdc++.r4"
-else
-  EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lstdc++"
-fi
-
         ;;
     *-ios-*)
         ARCH=ios