diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 83791fc02b..d49cf5716d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1876,8 +1876,6 @@ esac
 
 enable $arch $subarch
 enabled spic && enable pic
-# This is the same check as used in libavutil/internal.h
-# to enable RIP-relative addressing for x86_64 inline asm.
 check_cpp_condition stdlib.h "defined(__PIC__) || defined(__pic__) || defined(PIC)" && enable pic
 
 # OS specific
diff --git a/libavutil/internal.h b/libavutil/internal.h
index 141186bb5f..7f620d8dd7 100644
--- a/libavutil/internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/internal.h
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@
 #    define INT_BIT (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(int))
 #endif
 
-#if ( defined(__PIC__) || defined(__pic__) ) && ! defined(PIC)
-#    define PIC
-#endif
-
 #ifndef offsetof
 #    define offsetof(T, F) ((unsigned int)((char *)&((T *)0)->F))
 #endif