diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 2882bfc7..db8c38e7 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,3 @@ aclocal -I ./m4
 autoheader
 automake --foreign --add-missing --copy
 autoconf
-# Get latest config.guess and config.sub from upstream master since
-# these are often out of date.
-for file in config.guess config.sub
-do
-    echo "$0: getting $file..."
-    wget -q --timeout=5 -O config/$file.tmp \
-      "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/${file}" \
-      && mv -f config/$file.tmp config/$file \
-      && chmod a+x config/$file
-    retval=$?
-    rm -f config/$file.tmp
-    test $retval -eq 0 || exit $retval
-done