diff -rupN Pike-v8.0.1738/src/configure Pike-v8.0.1738b/src/configure
--- Pike-v8.0.1738/src/configure	2022-01-30 17:41:59.000000000 -0500
+++ Pike-v8.0.1738b/src/configure	2022-03-02 18:57:20.598467530 -0500
@@ -63797,19 +63797,6 @@ CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${CONF_CPPFLAGS_EX
 $as_echo_n "checking if an abi indicator would be appropriate for libdir... " >&6; }
 if ${pike_cv_lib_abi+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-
-  pike_cv_lib_abi=""
-  for dd in "$with_root/lib" "$with_root/usr/lib" "$prefix/lib"; do
-    for d in $pike_cv_abi_suffixes; do
-      if test "x$d" = "x/."; then :;
-      elif test -d "$dd$d/."; then
-        pike_cv_lib_abi="$d"
-	break
-      fi
-    done
-  done
-
 fi
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pike_cv_lib_abi" >&5