diff --git a/orte/config/orte_check_bproc.m4 b/orte/config/orte_check_bproc.m4
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-# -*- shell-script -*-
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
-#                         University Research and Technology
-#                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The University of Tennessee and The University
-#                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
-#                         reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
-#                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
-#                         All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2009      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
-# $COPYRIGHT$
-# 
-# Additional copyrights may follow
-# 
-# $HEADER$
-#
-
-# new bproc is LANL versions >= 3.2.0
-# old bproc is all Scyld versions and LANL version < 3.2.0
-# ORTE_CHECK_BPROC(prefix, [action-if-new-bproc], [action-if-old-bproc],
-#                  [action-if-not-found])
-# --------------------------------------------------------
-AC_DEFUN([ORTE_CHECK_BPROC],[
-    AC_ARG_WITH([bproc],
-                [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-bproc(=DIR)],
-                                [Build BProc support, optionally adding DIR/include, DIR/lib, and DIR/lib64 to the search path for headers and libraries])])
-    OMPI_CHECK_WITHDIR([bproc], [$with_bproc], [include/sys/bproc.h])
-
-    AS_IF([test ! -z "$with_bproc" -a "$with_bproc" = "no"],[$4], [ 
-        orte_check_bproc_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-        orte_check_bproc_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-        orte_check_bproc_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-
-        AS_IF([test ! -z "$with_bproc" -a "$with_bproc" != "yes"], 
-              [CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$with_bproc/include"
-               LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$with_bproc/lib"])
-        AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/bproc.h],
-                         [AC_CHECK_LIB([bproc], 
-                                       [bproc_numnodes],
-                                       [orte_check_bproc_happy="yes"],
-                                       [orte_check_bproc_happy="no"])],
-                         [orte_check_bproc_happy="no"])
-
-        # Check for Scyld bproc or an old version of LANL Bproc (pre 3.2.0)
-        AS_IF([test "$orte_check_bproc_happy" = "yes"], 
-            [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/bproc_common.h],[orte_check_bproc_happy="new"],
-                              [orte_check_bproc_happy="old"],
-                              [#include <stdint.h>
-                               #include <sys/socket.h>])])
-
-        CPPFLAGS="$orte_check_bproc_save_CPPFLAGS"
-        LDFLAGS="$orte_check_bproc_save_LDFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$orte_check_bproc_save_LIBS"
-
-        AS_IF([test "$orte_check_bproc_happy" != "no"], 
-              [AS_IF([test ! -z "$with_bproc" -a "$with_bproc" != "yes"], 
-                     [$1_CPPFLAGS="$$1_CPPFLAGS -I$with_bproc/include"
-                      $1_LDFLAGS="$$1_LDFLAGS -L$with_bproc/lib"])
-               $1_LIBS="$$1_LIBS -lbproc"
-               AS_IF([test "$orte_check_bproc_happy" = "new"], [$2], [$3])], 
-              [AS_IF([test ! -z "$with_bproc"],
-                     [AC_MSG_ERROR([BProc support request but not found.  Perhaps
-you need to specify the location of the BProc libraries.])])
-               $4])
-    ])
-])