diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a4af9d1c9..e5ed21acac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-08-02  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
+
+        * libio/bits/stdio.h (printf): Remove printf optimization since
+        GCC 3.0 can optimize printf.
+
 2001-08-02  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/s390/s390-32/memcpy.S: Fixed incorrect use of
diff --git a/libio/bits/stdio.h b/libio/bits/stdio.h
index 041be74218..118118adce 100644
--- a/libio/bits/stdio.h
+++ b/libio/bits/stdio.h
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
 
 
 #ifdef __USE_EXTERN_INLINES
-/* Since version 2.97 GCC knows about `fprintf' and can optimize certain
-   cases.  Help gcc to optimize more code by mapping `printf' to the known
-   `fprintf' function.  Unfortunately we have to use a macro.  */
-# if __GNUC_PREREQ (2,97)
-#  define printf(fmt, args...) fprintf (stdout, fmt, ##args)
-# endif
-
 /* Write formatted output to stdout from argument list ARG.  */
 __STDIO_INLINE int
 vprintf (__const char *__restrict __fmt, _G_va_list __arg) __THROW