1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3588ca1b6a..4026211cb4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ all::
 # Define NO_MSGFMT_EXTENDED_OPTIONS if your implementation of msgfmt
 # doesn't support GNU extensions like --check and --statistics
 #
-# Define NEEDS_CLIPPED_WRITE if your write(2) cannot write more than
-# INT_MAX bytes at once (e.g. MacOS X).
-#
 # Define HAVE_PATHS_H if you have paths.h and want to use the default PATH
 # it specifies.
 #
@@ -1493,11 +1490,6 @@ ifndef NO_MSGFMT_EXTENDED_OPTIONS
 	MSGFMT += --check --statistics
 endif
 
-ifdef NEEDS_CLIPPED_WRITE
-	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNEEDS_CLIPPED_WRITE
-	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/clipped-write.o
-endif
-
 ifneq (,$(XDL_FAST_HASH))
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DXDL_FAST_HASH
 endif