diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f38345a33..e434720bb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -565,11 +565,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(sparkle,AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-sparkle], [Enable updating of X11
 				[ XQUARTZ_SPARKLE="${enableval}" ],
 				[ XQUARTZ_SPARKLE="no" ])
 AC_SUBST([XQUARTZ_SPARKLE])
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(install-libxf86config,
-				AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-install-libxf86config],
-				[Install libxf86config (default: disabled)]),
-				[INSTALL_LIBXF86CONFIG=$enableval],
-				[INSTALL_LIBXF86CONFIG=no])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(visibility,     AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-visibility], [Enable symbol visibility (default: auto)]),
 				[SYMBOL_VISIBILITY=$enableval],
 				[SYMBOL_VISIBILITY=auto])
@@ -695,9 +690,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(INT10_VM86, [test "x$INT10" = xvm86])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(INT10_X86EMU, [test "x$INT10" = xx86emu])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(INT10_STUB, [test "x$INT10" = xstub])
 
-dnl Handle installing libxf86config
-AM_CONDITIONAL(INSTALL_LIBXF86CONFIG, [test "x$INSTALL_LIBXF86CONFIG" = xyes])
-
 dnl DDX Detection... Yes, it's ugly to have it here... but we need to
 dnl handle this early on so that we don't require unsupported extensions
 case $host_os in
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/parser/Makefile.am b/hw/xfree86/parser/Makefile.am
index 4d0bb4fd8..8e496bfb0 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/parser/Makefile.am
+++ b/hw/xfree86/parser/Makefile.am
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-if INSTALL_LIBXF86CONFIG
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libxf86config_internal.la
-lib_LTLIBRARIES = libxf86config.la
-LIBHEADERS = \
-	xf86Optrec.h \
-	xf86Parser.h
-else
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libxf86config_internal.la
-endif
 
 INTERNAL_SOURCES= \
 	Device.c \
@@ -31,12 +23,6 @@ INTERNAL_SOURCES= \
 libxf86config_internal_la_SOURCES = \
 	$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)
 
-libxf86config_la_SOURCES = \
-	$(top_srcdir)/os/xprintf.c \
-	$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)
-libxf86config_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
-libxf86config_la_LDFLAGS = -static
-
 AM_CFLAGS = $(DIX_CFLAGS) $(XORG_CFLAGS) \
 	-DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\" \
 	-DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\"
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/parser/configProcs.h b/hw/xfree86/parser/configProcs.h
index e6c231e2d..171f8e85f 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/parser/configProcs.h
+++ b/hw/xfree86/parser/configProcs.h
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 
 /* Private procs.  Public procs are in xf86Parser.h and xf86Optrec.h */
 
-/* exported functions are/were used by the X Server, and need to be
- * made public when installing libxf86config */
+/* exported functions are/were used by the X Server */
 
 /* Device.c */
 XF86ConfDevicePtr xf86parseDeviceSection(void);