diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d3999875d..f68458ca2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
    <iretd@bigfoot.com>
  - Really fix broken default path. Fix from Jim Knoble 
    <jmknoble@pobox.com>
+ - Remove test for quad_t. No longer needed.
 
 19991230
  - OpenBSD CVS updates:
diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index d0feb370d..91eb43afa 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
 #undef MAIL_DIRECTORY
 
 /* Data types */
-#undef HAVE_QUAD_T
 #undef HAVE_INTXX_T
 #undef HAVE_U_INTXX_T
 #undef HAVE_UINTXX_T
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 79edfa396..8b3af35f8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -138,17 +138,6 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long int, 4)
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long long int, 8)
 
 dnl More checks for data types
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for quad_t])
-AC_TRY_COMPILE(
-	[#include <sys/types.h>], 
-	[quad_t a; a = 1235;], 
-	[
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_QUAD_T)
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-	],
-	[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
-) 
-
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for intXX_t types])
 AC_TRY_COMPILE(
 	[#include <sys/types.h>], 
diff --git a/defines.h b/defines.h
index fdd37bb88..2a2655953 100644
--- a/defines.h
+++ b/defines.h
@@ -98,13 +98,6 @@ typedef unsigned long long int u_int64_t;
 # endif
 #endif
 
-/* If quad_t is not supplied, then supply it now. We can rely on int64_t */
-/* being defined by the above */
-#ifndef HAVE_QUAD_T
-typedef int64_t quad_t;
-# define HAVE_QUAD_T
-#endif
-
 #ifndef HAVE_SOCKLEN_T
 typedef unsigned int socklen_t;
 # define HAVE_SOCKLEN_T