diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d7fe9c6e36..8115ca67b3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -307,13 +307,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([gprof],
     [enable_gprof=$enableval],
     [enable_gprof=no])
 
-dnl Pass compiler & linker flags that make builds deterministic
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([determinism],
-    [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-determinism],
-                    [Enable compilation flags that make builds deterministic (default is no)])],
-    [enable_determinism=$enableval],
-    [enable_determinism=no])
-
 dnl Turn warnings into errors
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([werror],
     [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-werror],
@@ -966,12 +959,6 @@ if test x$TARGET_OS = xdarwin; then
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-bind_at_load]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,-bind_at_load"],, [[$LDFLAG_WERROR]])
 fi
 
-if test x$enable_determinism = xyes; then
-  if test x$TARGET_OS = xwindows; then
-    AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--no-insert-timestamp]], [LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--no-insert-timestamp"],, [[$LDFLAG_WERROR]])
-  fi
-fi
-
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([endian.h sys/endian.h byteswap.h stdio.h stdlib.h unistd.h strings.h sys/types.h sys/stat.h sys/select.h sys/prctl.h sys/sysctl.h vm/vm_param.h sys/vmmeter.h sys/resources.h])
 
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([getifaddrs, freeifaddrs],[CHECK_SOCKET],,