diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index ea495621059ef29e190a139f275a735ff60e3fb0..a893083c320f044bdddb763216aac3f2de8a9afb 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -610,43 +610,6 @@ main() {
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(no),
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(assuming not on target machine))
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether 'long long int' is 64 bits using %qd)
-AC_TRY_RUN([#include <stdio.h>
-typedef long long int int64;
-#define INT64_FORMAT "%qd"
-
-int64 a = 20000001;
-int64 b = 40000005;
-
-int does_int64_work()
-{
-  int64 c,d,e;
-  char buf[100];
-
-  if (sizeof(int64) != 8)
-    return 0;			/* doesn't look like the right size */
-
-  /* we do perfunctory checks on multiply, divide, sprintf, sscanf */
-  c = a * b;
-  sprintf(buf, INT64_FORMAT, c);
-  if (strcmp(buf, "800000140000005") != 0)
-    return 0;			/* either multiply or sprintf is busted */
-  if (sscanf(buf, INT64_FORMAT, &d) != 1)
-    return 0;
-  if (d != c)
-    return 0;
-  e = d / b;
-  if (e != a)
-    return 0;
-  return 1;
-}
-main() {
-  exit(! does_int64_work());
-}],
-	[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LONG_LONG_INT_64_qd) AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(no),
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(assuming not on target machine))
-
 dnl Checks for library functions.
 AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
 AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
diff --git a/src/include/config.h.in b/src/include/config.h.in
index c4d118d6b4b413d38287c88d642e27385efe3cb8..f34baf627975e994f3ccb49974314f9f628abaab 100644
--- a/src/include/config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/config.h.in
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ extern void srandom(int seed);
 
 /* Set to 1 if type "long long int" works and is 64 bits */
 #undef HAVE_LONG_LONG_INT_64_lld
-#undef HAVE_LONG_LONG_INT_64_qd
 
 /*
  * Code below this point should not require changes
diff --git a/src/include/utils/int8.h b/src/include/utils/int8.h
index 24177bee82b03b4bb6a7c4389186c5b827cff56b..211a6efd5aef7d20c1babd4f70d489cd2b27a24a 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/int8.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/int8.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: int8.h,v 1.6 1998/09/10 05:36:00 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: int8.h,v 1.7 1998/09/11 16:43:26 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  * These data types are supported on all 64-bit architectures, and may
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ typedef long long int int64;
 
 #define INT64_FORMAT "%lld"
 #else
-#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG_INT_64_qd
-/* We have working support for "long long int", use that */
-typedef long long int int64;
-
-#define INT64_FORMAT "%qd"
-#else
 /* Won't actually work, but fall back to long int so that int8.c compiles */
 typedef long int int64;
 
@@ -48,7 +42,6 @@ typedef long int int64;
 #define INT64_IS_BUSTED
 #endif
 #endif
-#endif
 
 extern int64 *int8in(char *str);
 extern char *int8out(int64 * val);