diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3a2de5f..8cc3813 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dist_doc_DATA	 = COPYING NEWS README
 EXTRA_DIST	 = \
 	autogen.sh \
 	m4/attribute.m4 m4/ccflags.m4 m4/libshout.m4 m4/libxml2.m4 \
-	m4/progname.m4 m4/taglib.m4 m4/tree.m4 m4/vacopy.m4 m4/vars.m4
+	m4/progname.m4 m4/taglib.m4 m4/tree.m4 m4/vars.m4
 
 CLEANFILES	 = core *.core *~ .*~
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a58359c..e0f02a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@ AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([ \
 	strtonum \
 ])
 
-AX_FUNC_VA_COPY
-
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([sigaction], [
 	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SIGNALS], [1],
 		[Define to 1 if we have BSD signals.])