diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e0e82dd8..5c6c2b98 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -202,20 +202,19 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(CSCFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(DEVENV_CONFIGURATION)
 
+##comment out due to build failure
 # Check for GCC version to add fstack-protector flag
 #
-                                                                                                              
-GCC_VER="`gcc -dumpversion`"
-                                                                                                              
-case "$GCC_VER" in
-        3*)
-	;;
-        4*)
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fstack-protector"
-	;;
-        *)
-        ;;
-esac
+#GCC_VER="`gcc -dumpversion`"
+#case "$GCC_VER" in
+#        3*)
+#	;;
+#        4*)
+#        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fstack-protector"
+#	;;
+#        *)
+#        ;;
+#esac
                                                                                                               
 AC_SUBST(GCC_VER)