diff --git a/m4.include/mc-vfs.m4 b/m4.include/mc-vfs.m4
index 82567bda3..1b2327632 100644
--- a/m4.include/mc-vfs.m4
+++ b/m4.include/mc-vfs.m4
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([mc_VFS_ADDNAME],
     fi
 ])
 
-m4_include([m4.include/vfs/rpc.m4])
 m4_include([m4.include/vfs/socket.m4])
 m4_include([m4.include/vfs/mc-vfs-extfs.m4])
 m4_include([m4.include/vfs/mc-vfs-sfs.m4])
@@ -41,8 +40,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([mc_ENABLE_VFS_NET],
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 	    ])
 
-	AC_CHECK_RPC
-
 	enable_vfs_net=yes
 	AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_VFS_NET, [1], [Define to enable network VFSes support])
     fi
diff --git a/m4.include/vfs/rpc.m4 b/m4.include/vfs/rpc.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 43490d9db..000000000
--- a/m4.include/vfs/rpc.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_RPC],
-[
-      AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pmap_set, , [
-	 AC_CHECK_LIB(rpc, pmap_set, [
-	   LIBS="-lrpc $LIBS"
-	  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PMAP_SET)
-	  ])])
-      AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pmap_getport pmap_getmaps rresvport)
-      dnl add for source routing support setsockopt
-      AC_CHECK_HEADERS(rpc/pmap_clnt.h, , , [
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <rpc/rpc.h>
-#include <rpc/pmap_prot.h>
-					    ])
-])