diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a582ad33a4..d45e0300b4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1155,24 +1155,6 @@ AC_LINK_IFELSE(
   [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
   ])
 
-#
-# Check for __builtin_expect
-#
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([compiler support for __builtin_expect])
-AC_LINK_IFELSE(
-  [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-     [[]],
-     [[return (__builtin_expect(1, 1) ? 1 : 0);]]
-   )],
-  [have_builtin_expect=yes
-   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
-  [have_builtin_expect=no
-   AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
-)
-if test "yes" = "$have_builtin_expect"; then
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BUILTIN_EXPECT, 1, [Define to 1 if the compiler supports __builtin_expect.])
-fi
-
 #
 # Check for __builtin_clz
 #
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/librpz.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/librpz.h
index c6afa34379..1d9ce12c52 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/librpz.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/librpz.h
@@ -222,14 +222,6 @@ typedef struct {
 #define LIBRPZ_NORET
 #endif /* ifdef LIBRPZ_HAVE_ATTR */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_BUILTIN_EXPECT
-#define LIBRPZ_LIKELY(c)   __builtin_expect(!!(c), 1)
-#define LIBRPZ_UNLIKELY(c) __builtin_expect(!!(c), 0)
-#else /* ifdef HAVE_BUILTIN_EXPECT */
-#define LIBRPZ_LIKELY(c)   (c)
-#define LIBRPZ_UNLIKELY(c) (c)
-#endif /* ifdef HAVE_BUILTIN_EXPECT */
-
 typedef bool(librpz_parse_log_opt_t)(librpz_emsg_t *emsg, const char *arg);
 LIBDEF_F(parse_log_opt)