diff --git a/Zend/configure.in b/Zend/configure.in
index dc3739e7b92..8f3c3fad1c6 100644
--- a/Zend/configure.in
+++ b/Zend/configure.in
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ dnl This is required for QNX and may be some BSD derived systems
 AC_CHECK_TYPE( uint, unsigned int )
 AC_CHECK_TYPE( ulong, unsigned long )
 
-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void *, 4)
-
 dnl Checks for library functions.
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(memcpy memmove strdup strerror strcasecmp strstr flock lockf putenv tempnam usleep setlocale gettimeofday setvbuf srand48 lrand48 srandom random link symlink regcomp getlogin cuserid vsnprintf snprintf gcvt utime crypt setitimer rint unsetenv strftime setsockopt tzset statvfs statfs inet_aton getpid kill)
diff --git a/Zend/zend.h b/Zend/zend.h
index b5dbe957f24..220d0eb0028 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.h
+++ b/Zend/zend.h
@@ -49,12 +49,7 @@
 #include "zend_errors.h"
 #include "zend_alloc.h"
 
-/* this is a workaround for a bug in gcc */
-#if SIZEOF_VOID_P == 8 || (1)
 typedef unsigned int zend_bool;
-#else
-typedef unsigned char zend_bool;
-#endif
 
 #undef SUCCESS
 #undef FAILURE