diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4bd1c331c..132a3e937 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ AC_CHECK_DECL(TFD_CLOEXEC,[],
 AC_CHECK_DECL(CLOCK_MONOTONIC,[],
 	      [AC_MSG_ERROR("CLOCK_MONOTONIC is needed to compile weston")],
 	      [[#include <time.h>]])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([execinfo.h])
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mkostemp strchrnul initgroups posix_fallocate])
 
diff --git a/shared/os-compatibility.h b/shared/os-compatibility.h
index 06d257485..35e3a78d8 100644
--- a/shared/os-compatibility.h
+++ b/shared/os-compatibility.h
@@ -30,16 +30,6 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
-#include <execinfo.h>
-#else
-static inline int
-backtrace(void **buffer, int size)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 int
 os_fd_set_cloexec(int fd);