diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 86e828bb..c4197136 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ AC_HAVE_HEADERS(limits.h sys/param.h)
 AC_MINUS_C_MINUS_O
 
 AC_SUBST(LIBOBJS)
+ifdef([notdef],
+# Apparently some systems have a buggy glob function in their C library.
+# So forget them and always use ours.
 AC_COMPILE_CHECK(POSIX.2 glob functions,
 		 [#include <glob.h>],
 		 [glob (0, 0, 0, 0);],
 		 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GLOB_H),
 		 [LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS glob/libglob.a"])
+)
+LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS glob/libglob.a"
 
 AC_HAVE_FUNCS(getdtablesize sys_siglist _sys_siglist \
 	      dup2 getcwd sigsetmask getgroups setlinebuf)