diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4e2ef04084..36555811b6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2018  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
-#
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-#
-#  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for BIND 9.13.
 #
@@ -936,7 +928,6 @@ infodir
 docdir
 oldincludedir
 includedir
-runstatedir
 localstatedir
 sharedstatedir
 sysconfdir
@@ -1095,7 +1086,6 @@ datadir='${datarootdir}'
 sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
 sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
 localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
-runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
 includedir='${prefix}/include'
 oldincludedir='/usr/include'
 docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
@@ -1348,15 +1338,6 @@ do
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil)
     silent=yes ;;
 
-  -runstatedir | --runstatedir | --runstatedi | --runstated \
-  | --runstate | --runstat | --runsta | --runst | --runs \
-  | --run | --ru | --r)
-    ac_prev=runstatedir ;;
-  -runstatedir=* | --runstatedir=* | --runstatedi=* | --runstated=* \
-  | --runstate=* | --runstat=* | --runsta=* | --runst=* | --runs=* \
-  | --run=* | --ru=* | --r=*)
-    runstatedir=$ac_optarg ;;
-
   -sbindir | --sbindir | --sbindi | --sbind | --sbin | --sbi | --sb)
     ac_prev=sbindir ;;
   -sbindir=* | --sbindir=* | --sbindi=* | --sbind=* | --sbin=* \
@@ -1494,7 +1475,7 @@ fi
 for ac_var in	exec_prefix prefix bindir sbindir libexecdir datarootdir \
 		datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir includedir \
 		oldincludedir docdir infodir htmldir dvidir pdfdir psdir \
-		libdir localedir mandir runstatedir
+		libdir localedir mandir
 do
   eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
   # Remove trailing slashes.
@@ -1647,7 +1628,6 @@ Fine tuning of the installation directories:
   --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
   --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
   --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
-  --runstatedir=DIR       modifiable per-process data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
   --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
   --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
   --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 23c7a3124c..4e39cbdc54 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
 # See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
 # information regarding copyright ownership.
 
-dnl
-AC_DIVERT_PUSH(1)dnl
-esyscmd([sed -e 's/^/# /' -e '/Portions of this code/,$d' COPYRIGHT])dnl
-AC_DIVERT_POP()dnl
-
 AC_INIT(BIND, [9.13], [info@isc.org], [], [https://www.isc.org/downloads/BIND/])
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)