diff --git a/config/ompi_configure_options.m4 b/config/ompi_configure_options.m4
index 255d38bcb8..b10918eb5a 100644
--- a/config/ompi_configure_options.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_configure_options.m4
@@ -398,22 +398,6 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([OMPI_WANT_PRETTY_PRINT_STACKTRACE],
                    [$WANT_PRETTY_PRINT_STACKTRACE],
                    [if want pretty-print stack trace feature])
 
-#
-# Do we want deprecated executable names ?
-# 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(if want deprecated executable names)
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(deprecated-executable-names,
-    AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-deprecated-executable-names], [make sym links to deprecated OMPI executables (e.g., hcc, hcp, hf77, wipe) (default: disabled)]))
-if test "$enable_deprecated_executable_names" = "yes"; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-    WANT_DEN=1
-else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-    WANT_DEN=0
-fi
-
-AM_CONDITIONAL(WANT_DEPRECATED_EXECUTABLE_NAMES, test "$WANT_DEN" = "1")
-
 #
 # Do we want to enable peruse interface?
 #