diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b1b839431..b0a3a6cd1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -795,26 +795,6 @@ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <fcntl.h>]],
  [ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes); HAVE_O_CLOEXEC=1 ],
  [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no); HAVE_O_CLOEXEC=0 ]
 )
-
-if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working boost reduced exports])
-  TEMP_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-  CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
-  AC_PREPROC_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-      @%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
-    ]], [[
-      #if BOOST_VERSION >= 104900
-      // Everything is okay
-      #else
-      #  error Boost version is too old
-      #endif
-    ]])],[
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-    ],[
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([boost versions < 1.49 are known to be broken with reduced exports. Use --disable-reduce-exports.])
-  ])
-  CPPFLAGS="$TEMP_CPPFLAGS"
-fi
 fi
 
 if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then