diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6c42451..7bc75cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2005-05-23  Karl Runge <runge@karlrunge.com>
+	* configure.ac: malloc(0) is never used, so we don't need the check
+
 2005-05-15  Johannes E. Schindelin  <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
 	* acinclude.m4: fix compilation for systems without socklen_t
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 92601e7..e89bebd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ if test $inaddrt = no ; then
 fi
 
 # Checks for library functions.
-AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
 AC_FUNC_STAT
 AC_FUNC_STRFTIME