--- config/configure.ac	2009-06-20 12:55:27.000000000 +0200
+++ config/configure.ac-new	2009-12-03 20:53:38.492002725 +0100
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@
     [  --disable-visibility    do not use g++ visibility support ],
     GXX_VISIBILITY=$enableval, GXX_VISIBILITY=yes)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($GXX_VISIBILITY)
-if test "$GXX_VISIBILITY" = "yes"; then
-    AX_CXX_CHECK_FLAG(-fvisibility-inlines-hidden,[],[],[GXX_VISIBILITY=yes],[GXX_VISIBILITY=no])
     if test "$GXX_VISIBILITY" = "yes"; then
         CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GXXCLASSVISIBILITY,1)
@@ -119,7 +117,6 @@
     if test "$enable_shared" = "yes"; then
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DLL)
     fi
-fi
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to use the lens database for Exif.Nikon3.LensData])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(lensdata,