diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 28a255a53f..e64a5d8995 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([\
   getrlimit \
   getuid \
   if_indextoname \
-  kill \
   mmap \
   newlocale \
   posix_fallocate \