--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ echo "config.log: writing..."
 # environment except for CC and CFLAGS, which we might have passed in.
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+if false; then
 CC=`printf "all:\\n\\t@echo \\\$(CC)\\n" | make -sf -`
 CFLAGS=`printf "all:\\n\\t@echo \\\$(CFLAGS)\\n" | make -sf -`
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -g -W -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes"
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wwrite-strings -Wno-u
 LDADD=
 CPPFLAGS=
 LDFLAGS=
+fi
 DESTDIR=
 PREFIX="/usr/local"
 BINDIR=
