diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 91f83c41c7..7c0072b88e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 2015-10-26  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
+	* configure.ac (old_glibc_headers): Remove configure test.
+	* configure: Regenerated.
+	* config.make.in (old-glibc-headers): Remove variable.
+	* Makefile [!$(install_root) && $(old-glibc-headers) = yes]
+	(install): Remove dependency on remove-old-headers.
+	(headers2_0): Remove variable.
+	(remove-old-headers): Remove rule.
+
 	* configure.ac (libc_cv_dot_text): Remove configure test.
 	(libc_cv_asm_set_directive): Use .text instead of
 	${libc_cv_dot_text} in configure test.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b2dd771a19..8ab0dbcb75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -418,30 +418,3 @@ FORCE:
 
 iconvdata/% localedata/% po/%: FORCE
 	$(MAKE) $(PARALLELMFLAGS) -C $(@D) $(@F)
-
-# glibc 2.0 contains some header files which aren't used with glibc 2.1
-# anymore.
-# These rules should remove those headers
-ifeq (,$(install_root))
-ifeq ($(old-glibc-headers),yes)
-install: remove-old-headers
-endif
-endif
-
-headers2_0 :=	__math.h bytesex.h confname.h direntry.h elfclass.h	\
-		errnos.h fcntlbits.h huge_val.h ioctl-types.h		\
-		ioctls.h iovec.h jmp_buf.h libc-lock.h local_lim.h	\
-		mathcalls.h mpool.h nan.h ndbm.h posix1_lim.h		\
-		posix2_lim.h posix_opt.h resourcebits.h schedbits.h	\
-		selectbits.h semaphorebits.h sigaction.h sigcontext.h	\
-		signum.h sigset.h sockaddrcom.h socketbits.h stab.def	\
-		statbuf.h statfsbuf.h stdio-lock.h stdio_lim.h		\
-		syscall-list.h termbits.h timebits.h ustatbits.h	\
-		utmpbits.h utsnamelen.h waitflags.h waitstatus.h	\
-		xopen_lim.h gnu/types.h sys/ipc_buf.h			\
-		sys/kernel_termios.h sys/msq_buf.h sys/sem_buf.h	\
-		sys/shm_buf.h sys/socketcall.h sigstack.h
-
-.PHONY: remove-old-headers
-remove-old-headers:
-	rm -f $(addprefix $(inst_includedir)/, $(headers2_0))
diff --git a/config.make.in b/config.make.in
index a791922738..5e4bbc8772 100644
--- a/config.make.in
+++ b/config.make.in
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ have-z-execstack = @libc_cv_z_execstack@
 have-protected-data = @libc_cv_protected_data@
 with-fp = @with_fp@
 enable-timezone-tools = @enable_timezone_tools@
-old-glibc-headers = @old_glibc_headers@
 unwind-find-fde = @libc_cv_gcc_unwind_find_fde@
 have-forced-unwind = @libc_cv_forced_unwind@
 have-fpie = @libc_cv_fpie@
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e375244488..22aa1b9372 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -607,7 +607,6 @@ libc_cv_sysconfdir
 libc_cv_localedir
 libc_cv_rtlddir
 libc_cv_slibdir
-old_glibc_headers
 use_nscd
 libc_cv_gcc_unwind_find_fde
 libc_extra_cppflags
@@ -6791,26 +6790,6 @@ if test "x$build_nscd" = xdefault; then
   build_nscd=$use_nscd
 fi
 
-# Test for old glibc 2.0.x headers so that they can be removed properly
-# Search only in includedir.
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for old glibc 2.0.x headers" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for old glibc 2.0.x headers... " >&6; }
-if eval test -f "${includedir}/elfclass.h" -a -f "${includedir}/fcntlbits.h"
-then
-  old_glibc_headers=yes
-else
-  old_glibc_headers=no
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $old_glibc_headers" >&5
-$as_echo "$old_glibc_headers" >&6; }
-if test ${old_glibc_headers} = yes; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: *** During \"make install\" old headers from glibc 2.0.x will" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: *** During \"make install\" old headers from glibc 2.0.x will" >&2;}
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: *** be removed." >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: *** be removed." >&2;}
-fi
-
-
 
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 023f132ad3..6947555be4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1899,22 +1899,6 @@ if test "x$build_nscd" = xdefault; then
   build_nscd=$use_nscd
 fi
 
-# Test for old glibc 2.0.x headers so that they can be removed properly
-# Search only in includedir.
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for old glibc 2.0.x headers)
-if eval test -f "${includedir}/elfclass.h" -a -f "${includedir}/fcntlbits.h"
-then
-  old_glibc_headers=yes
-else
-  old_glibc_headers=no
-fi
-AC_MSG_RESULT($old_glibc_headers)
-if test ${old_glibc_headers} = yes; then
-  AC_MSG_WARN(*** During \"make install\" old headers from glibc 2.0.x will)
-  AC_MSG_WARN(*** be removed.)
-fi
-AC_SUBST(old_glibc_headers)
-
 AC_SUBST(libc_cv_slibdir)
 AC_SUBST(libc_cv_rtlddir)
 AC_SUBST(libc_cv_localedir)