diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5b71386..b24b2f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -157,66 +157,6 @@ XORG_CFLAGS="$XORG_CFLAGS $PCIACCESS_CFLAGS"
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([dev/wscons/wsconsio.h])
 
-# Checks for headers/macros for byte swapping
-# Known variants:
-#        <byteswap.h> bswap_16, bswap_32, bswap_64  (glibc)
-#        <sys/endian.h> __swap16, __swap32, __swap64 (OpenBSD)
-#        <sys/endian.h> bswap16, bswap32, bswap64 (other BSD's)
-#        and a fallback to local macros if none of the above are found
-
-# if <byteswap.h> is found, assume it's the correct version
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([byteswap.h])
-
-# if <sys/endian.h> is found, have to check which version
-AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/endian.h], [HAVE_SYS_ENDIAN_H="yes"], [HAVE_SYS_ENDIAN_H="no"])
-
-if test "x$HAVE_SYS_ENDIAN_H" = "xyes" ; then
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING([for __swap16 variant of <sys/endian.h> byteswapping macros])
-        AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/endian.h>
- ], [
-int a = 1, b;
-b = __swap16(a);
- ])
-], [SYS_ENDIAN__SWAP='yes'], [SYS_ENDIAN__SWAP='no'])
-        AC_MSG_RESULT([$SYS_ENDIAN__SWAP])
-
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING([for bswap16 variant of <sys/endian.h> byteswapping macros])
-        AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/endian.h>
- ], [
-int a = 1, b;
-b = bswap16(a);
- ])
-], [SYS_ENDIAN_BSWAP='yes'], [SYS_ENDIAN_BSWAP='no'])
-        AC_MSG_RESULT([$SYS_ENDIAN_BSWAP])
-
-        if test "$SYS_ENDIAN_BSWAP" = "yes" ; then
-                USE_SYS_ENDIAN_H=yes
-                BSWAP=bswap
-        else
-                if test "$SYS_ENDIAN__SWAP" = "yes" ; then
-                        USE_SYS_ENDIAN_H=yes
-                        BSWAP=__swap
-                else
-                        USE_SYS_ENDIAN_H=no
-                fi
-        fi
-
-        if test "$USE_SYS_ENDIAN_H" = "yes" ; then
-            AC_DEFINE([USE_SYS_ENDIAN_H], 1,
-                [Define to use byteswap macros from <sys/endian.h>])
-            AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([bswap_16], ${BSWAP}16,
-                        [Define to 16-bit byteswap macro])
-            AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([bswap_32], ${BSWAP}32,
-                        [Define to 32-bit byteswap macro])
-            AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([bswap_64], ${BSWAP}64,
-                        [Define to 64-bit byteswap macro])
-        fi
-fi
-
 AC_SUBST([moduledir])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile man/Makefile])
diff --git a/src/r128.h b/src/r128.h
index 80a9e15..590ef92 100644
--- a/src/r128.h
+++ b/src/r128.h
@@ -77,34 +77,10 @@
 
 #include "r128_probe.h"
 
-#if HAVE_BYTESWAP_H
-#include <byteswap.h>
-#elif defined(USE_SYS_ENDIAN_H)
-#include <sys/endian.h>
-#else
-#define bswap_16(value)  \
-        ((((value) & 0xff) << 8) | ((value) >> 8))
-
-#define bswap_32(value) \
-        (((uint32_t)bswap_16((uint16_t)((value) & 0xffff)) << 16) | \
-        (uint32_t)bswap_16((uint16_t)((value) >> 16)))
-
-#define bswap_64(value) \
-        (((uint64_t)bswap_32((uint32_t)((value) & 0xffffffff)) \
-            << 32) | \
-        (uint64_t)bswap_32((uint32_t)((value) >> 32)))
-#endif
-
 #if X_BYTE_ORDER == X_BIG_ENDIAN
-#define le32_to_cpu(x) bswap_32(x)
-#define le16_to_cpu(x) bswap_16(x)
 #define cpu_to_le32(x) bswap_32(x)
-#define cpu_to_le16(x) bswap_16(x)
 #else
-#define le32_to_cpu(x) (x)
-#define le16_to_cpu(x) (x)
 #define cpu_to_le32(x) (x)
-#define cpu_to_le16(x) (x)
 #endif
 
 #define R128_DEBUG          0   /* Turn off debugging output               */