diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cf6e69f2..83bac60e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $Id: configure,v 1.1 2009-05-13 23:27:00 nicm Exp $
+# $Id: configure,v 1.2 2009-05-13 23:29:45 nicm Exp $
 
 CONFIG_H=config.h
 CONFIG_MK=config.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ case `uname` in
 #define HAVE_STRTONUM
 #define HAVE_TREE_H
 #define HAVE_UTIL_H
-#define HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 #define HAVE_VSYSLOG
 EOF
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_MK
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ EOF
 #define HAVE_POLL
 #define HAVE_PROGNAME
 #define HAVE_PTY_H
-#define HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 #define HAVE_VSYSLOG
 EOF
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_MK
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ EOF
     AIX)
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_H
 #define HAVE_DAEMON
-#define HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 EOF
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_MK
 CPPFLAGS+= -I/usr/local/include/ncurses
@@ -83,7 +80,6 @@ EOF
 #define HAVE_POLL
 #define HAVE_STRLCAT
 #define HAVE_STRLCPY
-#define HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 #define HAVE_VSYSLOG
 EOF
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_MK
@@ -112,7 +108,6 @@ EOF
 #define HAVE_STRLCAT
 #define HAVE_STRLCPY
 #define HAVE_UTIL_H
-#define HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 #define HAVE_VSYSLOG
 EOF
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_MK
@@ -137,7 +132,6 @@ EOF
 #define HAVE_STRLCPY
 #define HAVE_STRTONUM
 #define HAVE_LIBUTIL_H
-#define HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 #define HAVE_VSYSLOG
 EOF
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_MK
@@ -161,7 +155,6 @@ EOF
 #define HAVE_STRLCPY
 #define HAVE_TREE_H
 #define HAVE_UTIL_H
-#define HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 #define HAVE_VSYSLOG
 EOF
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_MK
diff --git a/status.c b/status.c
index 9fef8d5b..1f60256b 100644
--- a/status.c
+++ b/status.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: status.c,v 1.78 2009-05-13 23:27:00 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: status.c,v 1.79 2009-05-13 23:29:45 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -439,18 +439,7 @@ out:
 size_t
 status_width(struct winlink *wl)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 	return (xsnprintf(NULL, 0, "%d:%s ", wl->idx, wl->window->name));
-#else
-	char	*s;
-	size_t n;
-
-	xasprintf(&s, "%d:%s ", wl->idx, wl->window->name);
-	n = strlen(s);
-	xfree(s);
-
-	return (n);
-#endif
 }
 
 char *