diff --git a/src/aclocal.m4 b/src/aclocal.m4
index 9358c1561..cdfe034d0 100644
--- a/src/aclocal.m4
+++ b/src/aclocal.m4
@@ -73,23 +73,6 @@ EOF
 fi
 ])
 
-dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl Make srcdir absolute, if it isn't already.  It's important to
-dnl avoid running the path through pwd unnecessarily, since pwd can
-dnl give you automounter prefixes, which can go away.
-dnl
-AC_DEFUN(ECL_MAKE_ABSOLUTE_SRCDIR,[
-if uname -a | grep -i 'mingw32' > /dev/null; then
-  PWDCMD="pwd -W";
-else
-  PWDCMD="pwd";
-fi
-case "${srcdir}" in
-  /* | ?:/* ) ;;
-  *  ) srcdir="`(cd ${srcdir}; ${PWDCMD})`";
-esac
-])
-
 dnl
 dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Define a name for this operating system and set some defaults
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index a9327aa1e..52fec656f 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -3824,17 +3824,6 @@ echo "$as_me: error: The program DPP is not installed in your system" >&2;}
 fi
 
 
-if uname -a | grep -i 'mingw32' > /dev/null; then
-  PWDCMD="pwd -W";
-else
-  PWDCMD="pwd";
-fi
-case "${srcdir}" in
-  /* | ?:/* ) ;;
-  *  ) srcdir="`(cd ${srcdir}; ${PWDCMD})`";
-esac
-
-
 #### Some command variations:
 
 
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 6bb6221ca..2d89fc470 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl		Checks which do not come with autoconf
 dnl
 ECL_CROSS_CONFIG()
-ECL_MAKE_ABSOLUTE_SRCDIR()
 ECL_GUESS_HOST_OS()
 ECL_LINEFEED_MODE()
 ECL_FIND_SETJMP()