diff --git a/ext/standard/config.m4 b/ext/standard/config.m4
index c435f965540..f41df7e9861 100644
--- a/ext/standard/config.m4
+++ b/ext/standard/config.m4
@@ -592,11 +592,6 @@ dnl Check for atomic operation API availability in Solaris
 dnl
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([atomic.h])
 
-dnl
-dnl Check for arc4random on BSD systems
-dnl
-AC_CHECK_DECLS([arc4random_buf])
-
 dnl
 dnl Check for getrandom on newer Linux kernels
 dnl
diff --git a/ext/standard/random.c b/ext/standard/random.c
index 9b6b1c89c39..d429cb4d0e3 100644
--- a/ext/standard/random.c
+++ b/ext/standard/random.c
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ static int php_random_bytes(void *bytes, size_t size)
 		zend_throw_exception(zend_ce_exception, "Could not gather sufficient random data", 0);
 		return FAILURE;
 	}
-#elif HAVE_DECL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
-	arc4random_buf(bytes, size);
 #elif HAVE_DECL_GETRANDOM
 	/* Linux getrandom(2) syscall */
 	size_t read_bytes = 0;