diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3fa9a8178..612e93c7c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1664,14 +1664,6 @@ CheckWINDOWS()
     have_wince=yes
     ])
     AC_MSG_RESULT($have_wince)
-
-    dnl See if the user wants to redirect standard output to files
-    AC_ARG_ENABLE(stdio-redirect,
-AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-stdio-redirect], [Redirect STDIO to files on Windows [[default=yes]]]),
-                  , enable_stdio_redirect=yes)
-    if test x$enable_stdio_redirect != xyes; then
-        EXTRA_CFLAGS="$EXTRA_CFLAGS -DNO_STDIO_REDIRECT"
-    fi
 }
 
 dnl Find the DirectX includes and libraries