diff --git libevent-clean/Makefile.am libevent-workdir/Makefile.am
index 2181500..1bee092 100644
--- libevent-clean/Makefile.am
+++ libevent-workdir/Makefile.am
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ endif
 if KQUEUE_BACKEND
 SYS_SRC += kqueue.c
 endif
-if EPOLL_BACKEND
-SYS_SRC += epoll.c
-endif
 if EVPORT_BACKEND
 SYS_SRC += evport.c
 endif
diff --git libevent-clean/configure.ac libevent-workdir/configure.ac
index d00e063..f8f8e8d 100644
--- libevent-clean/configure.ac
+++ libevent-workdir/configure.ac
@@ -606,50 +606,6 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_header_sys_event_h" = "xyes"; then
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(KQUEUE_BACKEND, [test "x$havekqueue" = "xyes"])
 
-haveepollsyscall=no
-haveepoll=no
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(epoll_ctl, [haveepoll=yes], )
-if test "x$haveepoll" = "xyes" ; then
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EPOLL, 1,
-		[Define if your system supports the epoll system calls])
-	needsignal=yes
-fi
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_sys_epoll_h" = "xyes"; then
-	if test "x$haveepoll" = "xno" ; then
-		AC_MSG_CHECKING(for epoll system call)
-		AC_RUN_IFELSE(
-      [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-int
-epoll_create(int size)
-{
-	return (syscall(__NR_epoll_create, size));
-}
-        ]],[[
-	int epfd;
-
-	epfd = epoll_create(256);
-	return (epfd == -1 ? 1 : 0);
-        ]]
-      )], 
-      [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EPOLL, 1,
-	      [Define if your system supports the epoll system calls])
-      needsignal=yes
-      have_epoll=yes
-      AC_LIBOBJ(epoll_sub)
-      ], [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)], [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
-    )
-	fi
-fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL(EPOLL_BACKEND, [test "x$haveepoll" = "xyes"])
-
 haveeventports=no
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(port_create, [haveeventports=yes], )
 if test "x$haveeventports" = "xyes" ; then