diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index cc299e63d18..040ef628f1e 100644
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -834,11 +834,3 @@ AC_CONFIG_MAKEFILE(projects/Makefile)
 dnl Finally, crank out the output
 AC_OUTPUT
 
-dnl Warn loudly if llvm-gcc was not obviously working
-if test "$llvm_cv_llvmgcc_sanity" = "no" ; then
- AC_MSG_WARN([***** llvm-gcc/llvm-g++ was not found, or does not appear to be ])
- AC_MSG_WARN([***** working. Please make sure you have llvm-gcc and llvm-g++ in])
- AC_MSG_WARN([***** your path before configuring LLVM. The runtime libraries])
- AC_MSG_WARN([***** (llvm/runtime) will not be built but you should be able to])
- AC_MSG_WARN([***** build the llvm tools.])
-fi