diff --git a/ltconfig.in b/ltconfig.in
index 4798bede..3e6a2a5c 100755
--- a/ltconfig.in
+++ b/ltconfig.in
@@ -823,6 +823,13 @@ hardcode_minus_L=no
 hardcode_shlibpath_var=unsupported
 runpath_var=
 
+case "$host_os" in
+aix3* | aix4*)
+  # On AIX, the GNU linker works like the native linker.
+  with_gnu_ld=no
+  ;;
+esac
+
 ld_shlibs=yes
 if test "$with_gnu_ld" = yes; then
 
diff --git a/mail/aix b/mail/aix
index 949395b3..2daa0b9f 100644
--- a/mail/aix
+++ b/mail/aix
@@ -51,56 +51,3 @@ WorldCom, Inc.
 
 
 
-From nobody Wed Oct 14 16:56:35 1998
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-
-libtool messes up on AIX when using GNU ld.  It doesn't set
-archive_cmds to anything useful.
-
-Here is a hack patch.  This should be fixed in a better way.  For one
-thing, GNU ld supports the -unix option to export all symbols, so the
-stuff using nm is probably not necessary.
-
-Ian
-
-Index: ltconfig.in
-===================================================================
-RCS file: /cvs/cvsfiles/devo/libtool/ltconfig.in,v
-retrieving revision 1.13
-diff -u -r1.13 ltconfig.in
---- ltconfig.in	1998/05/28 23:06:07	1.13
-+++ ltconfig.in	1998/07/01 20:28:50
-@@ -770,6 +770,13 @@
- runpath_var=
- fix_srcfile_path=
- 
-+case "$host_os" in
-+aix3* | aix4*)
-+  # On AIX, the GNU linker works like the native linker.
-+  with_gnu_ld=no
-+  ;;
-+esac
-+
- ld_shlibs=yes
- if test "$with_gnu_ld" = yes; then
- 
-