diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bbdda0f2..6d2370f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -278,10 +278,6 @@ if test x$libgtop_use_machine_h = xyes ; then
   LIBGTOP_INCS="$LIBGTOP_INCS -DHAVE_GLIBTOP_MACHINE_H"
 fi
 
-if test x$libgtop_smp = xyes ; then
-  LIBGTOP_INCS="$LIBGTOP_INCS -DHAVE_LIBGTOP_SMP"
-fi
-
 if test x$libgtop_have_sysinfo = xyes ; then
   LIBGTOP_INCS="$LIBGTOP_INCS -DHAVE_LIBGTOP_SYSINFO"
 fi
diff --git a/examples/second.c b/examples/second.c
index cd85e5bc..5cb2d1a4 100644
--- a/examples/second.c
+++ b/examples/second.c
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ output (pid_t pid)
 	char *args;
 	unsigned i;
 
-#if HAVE_LIBGTOP_SMP
 	unsigned long total;
 	double p_total, p_utime, p_stime;
 	double b_total, b_utime, b_stime;
 	double s_total, s_utime, s_stime;
 	double my_utime, my_stime;
 	unsigned int ncpu;
-#endif
 
 	printf ("\n");
 
@@ -158,7 +156,6 @@ output (pid_t pid)
 
 	printf ("\n");
 
-#if HAVE_LIBGTOP_SMP
 	ncpu = glibtop_global_server->ncpu;
 
 	glibtop_get_proc_time (&data.proc_time, pid);
@@ -231,7 +228,6 @@ output (pid_t pid)
 		s_utime * 100.0 / my_utime, s_stime * 100.0 / my_stime);
 
 	printf ("\n");
-#endif
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/libgtop-sysdeps.m4 b/libgtop-sysdeps.m4
index 747fc88b..8967f9af 100644
--- a/libgtop-sysdeps.m4
+++ b/libgtop-sysdeps.m4
@@ -31,33 +31,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([GNOME_LIBGTOP_SYSDEPS],[
 
 	AM_CONDITIONAL(HACKER_MODE, test x"$hacker_mode" = xyes)
 
-	AC_ARG_WITH(libgtop-smp,
-	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libgtop-smp],
-	[Enable SMP support @<:@default-auto@:>@]),[
-	libgtop_smp="$withval"],[libgtop_smp=auto])
-
-	if test $libgtop_smp = auto ; then
-	  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to enable SMP support)
-	  case "$host_os" in
-	  linux*)
-	    libgtop_smp=yes
-	    ;;
-	  aix*)
-	    libgtop_smp=yes
-	    ;;
-	  *)
-	    libgtop_smp=no
-	    ;;
-	  esac
-	  AC_MSG_RESULT($libgtop_smp)
-	fi
-
-	if test $libgtop_smp = yes ; then
-	  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBGTOP_SMP, 1, [Define if libgtop supports SMP])
-	fi
-
-	AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBGTOP_SMP, test $libgtop_smp = yes)
-
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libgtop sysdeps directory)
 
 	case "$host_os" in