diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1063f35..81ba64f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1898,7 +1898,9 @@ struct stat;
 /* Most of the following tests are stolen from RCS 5.7 src/conf.sh.  */
 struct buf { int x; };
 struct buf * (*rcsopen) (struct buf *, struct stat *, int);
-static char *e (char **p, int i)
+static char *e (p, i)
+     char **p;
+     int i;
 {
   return p[i];
 }
@@ -1949,7 +1951,6 @@ extern int puts (const char *);
 extern int printf (const char *, ...);
 extern int dprintf (int, const char *, ...);
 extern void *malloc (size_t);
-extern void free (void *);
 
 // Check varargs macros.  These examples are taken from C99 6.10.3.5.
 // dprintf is used instead of fprintf to avoid needing to declare
@@ -4054,14 +4055,8 @@ cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 
 /* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
    Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.
-   The 'extern "C"' is for builds by C++ compilers;
-   although this is not generally supported in C code supporting it here
-   has little cost and some practical benefit (sr 110532).  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char inflateCopy (void);
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char inflateCopy ();
 int
 main (void)
 {