diff --git a/config/opal_configure_options.m4 b/config/opal_configure_options.m4
index c7f6e7b428..26fe653396 100644
--- a/config/opal_configure_options.m4
+++ b/config/opal_configure_options.m4
@@ -286,22 +286,7 @@ fi
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OPAL_ENABLE_DLOPEN_SUPPORT, $OPAL_ENABLE_DLOPEN_SUPPORT,
     [Whether we want to enable dlopen support])
 
-#
-# Heterogeneous support
-#
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if want heterogeneous support])
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([heterogeneous],
-    [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-heterogeneous],
-                    [Enable features required for heterogeneous
-                     platform support (default: disabled)])])
-if test "$enable_heterogeneous" = "yes" ; then
-     AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-     opal_want_heterogeneous=1
-else
-     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-     opal_want_heterogeneous=0
-fi
+opal_want_heterogeneous=0
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([OPAL_ENABLE_HETEROGENEOUS_SUPPORT],
                    [$opal_want_heterogeneous],
                    [Enable features required for heterogeneous support])