diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
index f224679ed3e..5c31c13f208 100755
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -23471,12 +23471,6 @@ else
   if test x"$ld_is_gold" = xyes; then
     :
   elif echo "$ld_ver" | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
-    case "${target}" in
-      mmix-knuth-mmixware)
-        # The linker emits by default mmo, not ELF, so "no" is appropriate.
-	gcc_cv_ld_hidden=no
-	;;
-    esac
     if test 0"$ld_date" -lt 20020404; then
       if test -n "$ld_date"; then
 	# If there was date string, but was earlier than 2002-04-04, fail
diff --git a/gcc/configure.ac b/gcc/configure.ac
index e83f0833ef3..a7c683b04e9 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -2874,12 +2874,6 @@ else
   if test x"$ld_is_gold" = xyes; then
     :
   elif echo "$ld_ver" | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
-    case "${target}" in
-      mmix-knuth-mmixware)
-        # The linker emits by default mmo, not ELF, so "no" is appropriate.
-	gcc_cv_ld_hidden=no
-	;;
-    esac
     if test 0"$ld_date" -lt 20020404; then
       if test -n "$ld_date"; then
 	# If there was date string, but was earlier than 2002-04-04, fail