diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 1c7a7deae7..84cd588535 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -781,7 +781,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 		 LINUX_KERNEL_POSIX_LOCK_FILE_WAIT_ARG
 		 LINUX_POSIX_TEST_LOCK_RETURNS_CONFLICT
 		 LINUX_POSIX_TEST_LOCK_CONFLICT_ARG
-		 LINUX_KERNEL_SELINUX
 		 LINUX_KERNEL_SOCK_CREATE
 		 LINUX_KERNEL_PAGE_FOLLOW_LINK
 		 LINUX_KERNEL_HLIST_UNHASHED
@@ -954,9 +953,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 		 if test "x$ac_cv_linux_kernel_posix_lock_file_wait_arg" = "xyes" ; then
 		  AC_DEFINE(POSIX_LOCK_FILE_WAIT_ARG, 1, [define if your linux kernel uses 3 arguments for posix_lock_file])
 		 fi
-		 if test "x$ac_cv_linux_kernel_is_selinux" = "xyes" ; then
-		  AC_DEFINE(LINUX_KERNEL_IS_SELINUX, 1, [define if your linux kernel uses SELinux features])
-		 fi
 		 if test "x$ac_cv_linux_kernel_sock_create_v" = "xyes" ; then
 		  AC_DEFINE(LINUX_KERNEL_SOCK_CREATE_V, 1, [define if your linux kernel uses 5 arguments for sock_create])
 		 fi
diff --git a/src/cf/linux-test3.m4 b/src/cf/linux-test3.m4
index ba0aaa39b4..cbc71e4f4a 100644
--- a/src/cf/linux-test3.m4
+++ b/src/cf/linux-test3.m4
@@ -69,20 +69,6 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(MPS)
 ])
 
-AC_DEFUN([LINUX_KERNEL_SELINUX],[
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for SELinux kernel)
-AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_linux_kernel_is_selinux,
-[
-AC_TRY_KBUILD(
-  [#include <linux/autoconf.h>],
-  [#ifndef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
-   #error not SELINUX
-   #endif],
-  ac_cv_linux_kernel_is_selinux=yes,
-  ac_cv_linux_kernel_is_selinux=no)])
-AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_linux_kernel_is_selinux)
-])
-
 AC_DEFUN([LINUX_KERNEL_LINUX_SEQ_FILE_H],[
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for linux/seq_file.h in kernel)
   AC_TRY_KBUILD([#include <linux/seq_file.h>], [],