diff --git a/m4/libtool.m4 b/m4/libtool.m4
index 79a2451e..c6af75a8 100644
--- a/m4/libtool.m4
+++ b/m4/libtool.m4
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ m4_require([_LT_CHECK_BUILDDIR])dnl
 
 dnl Autoconf doesn't catch unexpanded LT_ macros by default:
 m4_pattern_forbid([^_?LT_[A-Z_]+$])dnl
-m4_pattern_allow([^(_LT_EOF|LT_DLGLOBAL|LT_DLLAZY_OR_NOW|LT_MULTI_MODULE)$])dnl
+m4_pattern_allow([^(_LT_EOF|LT_DLGLOBAL|LT_DLLAZY_OR_NOW)$])dnl
 dnl aclocal doesn't pull ltoptions.m4, ltsugar.m4, or ltversion.m4
 dnl unless we require an AC_DEFUNed macro:
 AC_REQUIRE([LTOPTIONS_VERSION])dnl
@@ -996,35 +996,6 @@ m4_defun_once([_LT_REQUIRED_DARWIN_CHECKS],[
     _LT_DECL([], [OTOOL64], [1],
       [ldd/readelf like tool for 64 bit Mach-O binaries on Mac OS X 10.4])
 
-    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for -single_module linker flag],[lt_cv_apple_cc_single_mod],
-      [lt_cv_apple_cc_single_mod=no
-      if test -z "$LT_MULTI_MODULE"; then
-	# By default we will add the -single_module flag. You can override
-	# by either setting the environment variable LT_MULTI_MODULE
-	# non-empty at configure time, or by adding -multi_module to the
-	# link flags.
-	rm -rf libconftest.dylib*
-	echo "int foo(void){return 1;}" > conftest.c
-	echo "$LTCC $LTCFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o libconftest.dylib \
--dynamiclib -Wl,-single_module conftest.c" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
-	$LTCC $LTCFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o libconftest.dylib \
-	  -dynamiclib -Wl,-single_module conftest.c 2>conftest.err
-        _lt_result=$?
-	# If there is a non-empty error log, and "single_module"
-	# appears in it, assume the flag caused a linker warning
-        if test -s conftest.err && $GREP single_module conftest.err; then
-	  cat conftest.err >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
-	# Otherwise, if the output was created with a 0 exit code from
-	# the compiler, it worked.
-	elif test -f libconftest.dylib && test 0 = "$_lt_result"; then
-	  lt_cv_apple_cc_single_mod=yes
-	else
-	  cat conftest.err >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
-	fi
-	rm -rf libconftest.dylib*
-	rm -f conftest.*
-      fi])
-
     AC_CACHE_CHECK([for -exported_symbols_list linker flag],
       [lt_cv_ld_exported_symbols_list],
       [lt_cv_ld_exported_symbols_list=no
@@ -1078,9 +1049,6 @@ _LT_EOF
       esac
     ;;
   esac
-    if test yes = "$lt_cv_apple_cc_single_mod"; then
-      _lt_dar_single_mod='$single_module'
-    fi
     if test yes = "$lt_cv_ld_exported_symbols_list"; then
       _lt_dar_export_syms=' $wl-exported_symbols_list,$output_objdir/$libname-symbols.expsym'
     else
@@ -1121,16 +1089,10 @@ m4_defun([_LT_DARWIN_LINKER_FEATURES],
   esac
   if test yes = "$_lt_dar_can_shared"; then
     output_verbose_link_cmd=func_echo_all
-    _LT_TAGVAR(archive_cmds, $1)="\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring $_lt_dar_single_mod$_lt_dsymutil"
+    _LT_TAGVAR(archive_cmds, $1)="\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring $_lt_dsymutil"
     _LT_TAGVAR(module_cmds, $1)="\$CC \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib -bundle \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags$_lt_dsymutil"
-    _LT_TAGVAR(archive_expsym_cmds, $1)="$SED 's|^|_|' < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$libname-symbols.expsym~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring $_lt_dar_single_mod$_lt_dar_export_syms$_lt_dsymutil"
+    _LT_TAGVAR(archive_expsym_cmds, $1)="$SED 's|^|_|' < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$libname-symbols.expsym~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring $_lt_dar_export_syms$_lt_dsymutil"
     _LT_TAGVAR(module_expsym_cmds, $1)="$SED -e 's|^|_|' < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$libname-symbols.expsym~\$CC \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib -bundle \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags$_lt_dar_export_syms$_lt_dsymutil"
-    m4_if([$1], [CXX],
-[   if test yes != "$lt_cv_apple_cc_single_mod"; then
-      _LT_TAGVAR(archive_cmds, $1)="\$CC -r -keep_private_externs -nostdlib -o \$lib-master.o \$libobjs~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$lib-master.o \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring$_lt_dsymutil"
-      _LT_TAGVAR(archive_expsym_cmds, $1)="$SED 's|^|_|' < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$libname-symbols.expsym~\$CC -r -keep_private_externs -nostdlib -o \$lib-master.o \$libobjs~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$lib-master.o \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring$_lt_dar_export_syms$_lt_dsymutil"
-    fi
-],[])
   else
   _LT_TAGVAR(ld_shlibs, $1)=no
   fi
