diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 6839f557e32c..f34742c4e2eb 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-02  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/os/gnu-linux/os_defines.h: Remove superfluous
+	__NO_STRING_INLINES.
+
 2009-02-02  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	* testsuite/21_strings/c_strings/char/3.cc: New test.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/config/os/gnu-linux/os_defines.h b/libstdc++-v3/config/os/gnu-linux/os_defines.h
index 188b8a832087..e2c5a77d230f 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/config/os/gnu-linux/os_defines.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/config/os/gnu-linux/os_defines.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Specific definitions for GNU/Linux  -*- C++ -*-
 
-// Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+// Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 //
 // This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library.  This library is free
 // software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
@@ -43,9 +43,4 @@
 
 #include <features.h>
 
-// We must not see the optimized string functions GNU libc defines.
-#if defined __GLIBC__ && __GLIBC__ >= 2
-#define __NO_STRING_INLINES
-#endif
-
 #endif