diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e242e73c..c95fd9dd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -925,39 +925,6 @@ if [ $shared = yes ] ; then
     pic="yes"
 fi
 
-if cc_check '' '' '' '__attribute__((force_align_arg_pointer))' ; then
-    if [ $compiler = GNU -a \( $ARCH = X86 -o $ARCH = X86_64 \) ] ; then
-        if cc_check '' -mpreferred-stack-boundary=6 ; then
-            CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mpreferred-stack-boundary=6"
-            stack_alignment=64
-        elif cc_check '' -mstack-alignment=64 ; then
-            CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mstack-alignment=64"
-            stack_alignment=64
-        elif [ $stack_alignment -lt 16 ] ; then
-            if cc_check '' -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4 ; then
-                CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4"
-                stack_alignment=16
-            elif cc_check '' -mstack-alignment=16 ; then
-                CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mstack-alignment=16"
-                stack_alignment=16
-            fi
-        fi
-    elif [ $compiler = ICC -a $ARCH = X86 ]; then
-        # icc on linux has various degrees of mod16 stack support
-        if [ $SYS = LINUX ]; then
-            # >= 12 defaults to a mod16 stack
-            if cpp_check "" "" "__INTEL_COMPILER >= 1200" ; then
-                stack_alignment=16
-            # 11 <= x < 12 is capable of keeping a mod16 stack, but defaults to not doing so.
-            elif cpp_check "" "" "__INTEL_COMPILER >= 1100" ; then
-                CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -falign-stack=assume-16-byte"
-                stack_alignment=16
-            fi
-            # < 11 is completely incapable of keeping a mod16 stack
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-
 if [ $asm = auto -a \( $ARCH = X86 -o $ARCH = X86_64 \) ] ; then
     if ! as_check "vmovdqa32 [eax]{k1}{z}, zmm0" ; then
         VER="$( ($AS --version || echo no assembler) 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 )"
@@ -1030,8 +997,6 @@ fi
 define ARCH_$ARCH
 define SYS_$SYS
 
-define STACK_ALIGNMENT $stack_alignment
-ASFLAGS="$ASFLAGS -DSTACK_ALIGNMENT=$stack_alignment"
 
 # skip endianness check for Intel Compiler and MSVS, as all supported platforms are little. each have flags that will cause the check to fail as well
 CPU_ENDIAN="little-endian"