--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@
 HAVE_SNPRINTF
 HAVE_ASPRINTF
 HAVE_POSIX_PRINTF
-GLIBC21
 ALLOCA
 RANLIB
 MSGMERGE
@@ -7026,37 +7025,6 @@
 rm -f conftest.mmap conftest.txt
 
 
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether we are using the GNU C Library 2.1 or newer" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether we are using the GNU C Library 2.1 or newer... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_gnu_library_2_1+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-#include <features.h>
-#ifdef __GNU_LIBRARY__
- #if (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 1) || (__GLIBC__ > 2)
-  Lucky GNU user
- #endif
-#endif
-
-_ACEOF
-if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
-  $EGREP "Lucky GNU user" >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
-  ac_cv_gnu_library_2_1=yes
-else
-  ac_cv_gnu_library_2_1=no
-fi
-rm -f conftest*
-
-
-
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_gnu_library_2_1" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_gnu_library_2_1" >&6; }
-
-    GLIBC21="$ac_cv_gnu_library_2_1"
 
 
 
--- intl/Makefile.in
+++ intl/Makefile.in
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 	  : ; \
 	fi
 	if test '@USE_INCLUDED_LIBINTL@' = yes; then \
-	  test @GLIBC21@ != no || $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \
+	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \
 	  temp=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/t-charset.alias; \
 	  dest=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/charset.alias; \
 	  if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/charset.alias; then \
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$temp $$dest; \
 	    rm -f $$temp; \
 	  else \
-	    if test @GLIBC21@ = no; then \
+	    if test yes = no; then \
 	      orig=charset.alias; \
 	      sed -f ref-add.sed $$orig > $$temp; \
 	      $(INSTALL_DATA) $$temp $$dest; \
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 	  : ; \
 	fi
 	if test '@USE_INCLUDED_LIBINTL@' = yes; then \
-	  test @GLIBC21@ != no || $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \
+	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \
 	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(localedir); \
 	else \
 	  : ; \