diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2e0838e01..d0b64a792 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21295,7 +21295,7 @@ else
 esac
 
 
-    for _sym in closefrom_fallback sudo_closefrom; do
+    for _sym in sudo_closefrom; do
 	COMPAT_EXP="${COMPAT_EXP}${_sym}
 "
     done
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 33850a1fd..8732a96f2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getopt_long], [], [
     AC_MSG_RESULT($sudo_cv_optreset)
 ])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([closefrom], [], [AC_LIBOBJ(closefrom)
-    SUDO_APPEND_COMPAT_EXP(closefrom_fallback sudo_closefrom)
+    SUDO_APPEND_COMPAT_EXP(sudo_closefrom)
     AC_CHECK_DECL(F_CLOSEM, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FCNTL_CLOSEM), [], [
 #	include <limits.h>
 #	include <fcntl.h> ])