diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6cff750590..f33124c9b4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -33883,44 +33883,6 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for uid_t in sys/types.h" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_type_uid_t+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-_ACEOF
-if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
-  $EGREP "uid_t" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  ac_cv_type_uid_t=yes
-else
-  ac_cv_type_uid_t=no
-fi
-rm -f conftest*
-
-fi
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_type_uid_t" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_type_uid_t" >&6; }
-if test $ac_cv_type_uid_t = no; then
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define uid_t int
-_ACEOF
-
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define gid_t int
-_ACEOF
-
-fi
-
 
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for ssize_t" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for ssize_t... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 357fd2f6ad..d578f98a35 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3842,8 +3842,6 @@ dnl   defines pid_t if not already defined
 AC_TYPE_PID_T
 dnl   defines size_t if not already defined
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
-dnl   defines uid_t and gid_t if not already defined
-AC_TYPE_UID_T
 
 dnl sets HAVE_SSIZE_T if ssize_t is defined
 AC_CHECK_TYPES(ssize_t)