diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1c3d518cb..301ddd5d4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -818,7 +818,6 @@ SELINUX_USAGE
 BSDAUTH_USAGE
 DONT_LEAK_PATH_INFO
 PRELOAD_MODULE
-CHECK_INTERCEPT
 INSTALL_NOEXEC
 INSTALL_INTERCEPT
 INSTALL_BACKUP
@@ -3560,7 +3559,6 @@ ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers config.h pathnames.h"
 
 
 
-
 
 
 #
@@ -3619,7 +3617,6 @@ devsearch="/dev/pts:/dev/vt:/dev/term:/dev/zcons:/dev/pty:/dev"
 INSTALL_BACKUP=
 INSTALL_INTERCEPT=
 INSTALL_NOEXEC=
-CHECK_INTERCEPT=
 PRELOAD_MODULE=-module
 exampledir='$(docdir)/examples'
 devdir='$(srcdir)'
@@ -31280,11 +31277,6 @@ if test X"$enable_intercept" != X"no"; then
     PROGS="${PROGS} sudo_intercept.la"
     INSTALL_INTERCEPT="install-intercept"
 
-    # Can't use sanitizers with LD_PRELOAD
-    if test "$enable_sanitizer" != "yes"; then
-	CHECK_INTERCEPT=check_intercept
-    fi
-
     cat >>confdefs.h <<EOF
 #define _PATH_SUDO_INTERCEPT "$intercept_file"
 EOF
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d6e6ac831..b6b3f065d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ AC_SUBST([sesh_file])
 AC_SUBST([INSTALL_BACKUP])
 AC_SUBST([INSTALL_INTERCEPT])
 AC_SUBST([INSTALL_NOEXEC])
-AC_SUBST([CHECK_INTERCEPT])
 AC_SUBST([PRELOAD_MODULE])
 AC_SUBST([DONT_LEAK_PATH_INFO])
 AC_SUBST([BSDAUTH_USAGE])
@@ -234,7 +233,6 @@ dnl
 INSTALL_BACKUP=
 INSTALL_INTERCEPT=
 INSTALL_NOEXEC=
-CHECK_INTERCEPT=
 PRELOAD_MODULE=-module
 exampledir='$(docdir)/examples'
 devdir='$(srcdir)'
@@ -4859,11 +4857,6 @@ if test X"$enable_intercept" != X"no"; then
     PROGS="${PROGS} sudo_intercept.la"
     INSTALL_INTERCEPT="install-intercept"
 
-    # Can't use sanitizers with LD_PRELOAD
-    if test "$enable_sanitizer" != "yes"; then
-	CHECK_INTERCEPT=check_intercept
-    fi
-
     SUDO_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_PATH_SUDO_INTERCEPT, "$intercept_file", [The fully qualified pathname of sudo_intercept.so])
 fi
 if test X"$with_noexec" != X"no"; then