diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f21b456d9..4f0fb9723 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -311,13 +311,6 @@ if test x$with_mmap != xno; then
     fi
 fi
 
-dnl Sequent wants getprocessstats
-AC_CHECK_LIB(seq, get_process_stats, [
-	LIBS="$LIBS -lseq"
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GET_PROCESS_STATS, 1,
-		  [Define if you have function `get_process_stats' and
-have to use that instead of gettimeofday])])
-
 mc_GET_FS_INFO
 
 
diff --git a/lib/utilunix.c b/lib/utilunix.c
index acd7cb07a..f8d4dc366 100644
--- a/lib/utilunix.c
+++ b/lib/utilunix.c
@@ -991,18 +991,6 @@ canonicalize_pathname (char *path)
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GET_PROCESS_STATS
-int
-gettimeofday (struct timeval *tp, void *tzp)
-{
-    (void) tzp;
-
-    return get_process_stats (tp, PS_SELF, 0, 0);
-}
-#endif /* HAVE_GET_PROCESS_STATS */
-
-/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
 char *
 mc_realpath (const char *path, char *resolved_path)
 {