diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cd26e3a5..4e1d1afa 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ AC_MINIX
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_TYPE_UID_T			dnl Also does gid_t.
-AC_TYPE_GETGROUPS
 AC_TYPE_PID_T
 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h limits.h sys/param.h fcntl.h string.h memory.h \