diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 96b7a7de..81dc0cef 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl MH_IPC
 dnl MH_CHECK_X_INC
 dnl MH_CHECK_X_LIB
-dnl MH_PROG_CC
 dnl MH_CHECK_X_HEADERS
 dnl MH_CHECK_X_KEYDEFS
 dnl MH_CHECK_X_TYPEDEF
@@ -338,47 +337,6 @@ fi
 	AC_SUBST(MH_XLIBS)
 ])dnl
 
-dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl Determine the best C compiler to use given a list
-dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AC_DEFUN([MH_PROG_CC],
-[
-mh_sysv_incdir=""
-mh_sysv_libdir=""
-all_words="$CC_LIST"
-ac_dir=""
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for one of the following C compilers: $all_words)
-AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_prog_CC,[
-if test -n "$CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
-  for mh_cc in $all_words; do
-    for ac_dir in $PATH; do
-      test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
-      if test -f $ac_dir/$mh_cc; then
-        ac_cv_prog_CC="$mh_cc"
-        if test "$ac_dir" = "/usr/5bin"; then
-          mh_sysv_incdir="/usr/5include"
-          mh_sysv_libdir="/usr/5lib"
-        fi
-        break 2
-      fi
-    done
-  done
-  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
-  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_CC" && ac_cv_prog_CC="cc"
-fi
-CC="$ac_cv_prog_CC"
-])
-AC_SUBST(CC)
-if test "$ac_dir" = ""; then
-   AC_MSG_RESULT(using $ac_cv_prog_CC specified in CC env variable)
-else
-   AC_MSG_RESULT(using $ac_dir/$ac_cv_prog_CC)
-fi
-])dnl
-
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Determine if the supplied X headers exist.
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eeeae425..853368c1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1308,50 +1308,6 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
 CC_LIST="gcc acc cc c89"
-
-mh_sysv_incdir=""
-mh_sysv_libdir=""
-all_words="$CC_LIST"
-ac_dir=""
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for one of the following C compilers: $all_words" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for one of the following C compilers: $all_words... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_CC+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-
-if test -n "$CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
-  for mh_cc in $all_words; do
-    for ac_dir in $PATH; do
-      test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
-      if test -f $ac_dir/$mh_cc; then
-        ac_cv_prog_CC="$mh_cc"
-        if test "$ac_dir" = "/usr/5bin"; then
-          mh_sysv_incdir="/usr/5include"
-          mh_sysv_libdir="/usr/5lib"
-        fi
-        break 2
-      fi
-    done
-  done
-  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
-  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_CC" && ac_cv_prog_CC="cc"
-fi
-CC="$ac_cv_prog_CC"
-
-fi
-
-
-if test "$ac_dir" = ""; then
-   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: using $ac_cv_prog_CC specified in CC env variable" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}using $ac_cv_prog_CC specified in CC env variable" >&6
-else
-   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: using $ac_dir/$ac_cv_prog_CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}using $ac_dir/$ac_cv_prog_CC" >&6
-fi
-
 ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
@@ -5142,7 +5098,7 @@ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking compiler flags for a dynamic object" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking compiler flags for a dynamic object... $ECHO_C" >&6
 
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 5145 "configure"
+#line 5101 "configure"
 int a=0
 EOF
 
@@ -5181,7 +5137,7 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}none of $mh_cv_flags supported" >&6
 
 mh_compile='${CC-cc} -c $DYN_COMP conftest.$ac_ext 1>&5'
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 5184 "configure"
+#line 5140 "configure"
 int foo()
 {
 return(0);
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1e54fd5d..43eaf133 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_SUBST(prefix)
 dnl ---------------------- check for C compiler -----------------
 dnl Checks for one of the C compilers below - change if yours not there.
 CC_LIST="gcc acc cc c89"
-MH_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CC
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)