diff --git a/README b/README
index bf0f8d857261dcd1d90aaeda2c22ce31f6d158be..1689a3f815c4210b7d7c8a4c8724e05b9812afb2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ REQUIRED SOFTWARE
 
 	SLURPD:
 		LTHREAD compatible thread package
-			[POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, Sun LWP, or GNU Pth]
+			[POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, select others]
 
 	CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware:
 		Depends on package.  See per package README.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8a8d3267d84ed1518335df424f0bad16e3c1ff80..fcf15e9cf5bc01db350e3b0d14060d8b87d3f669 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15813,7 +15813,6 @@ for ac_func in \
 	sigaction		\
 	signal			\
 	sigset			\
-	snprintf		\
 	strdup			\
 	strerror		\
 	strpbrk			\
@@ -15832,12 +15831,12 @@ for ac_func in \
 
 do
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_func""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:15836: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+echo "configure:15835: checking for $ac_func" >&5
 if eval "test \"\${ac_cv_func_$ac_func+set}\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 15841 "configure"
+#line 15840 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $ac_func(); below.  */
@@ -15861,7 +15860,7 @@ f = $ac_func;
 
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:15865: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:15864: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_func_$ac_func=yes"
 else
@@ -15889,12 +15888,12 @@ done
 for ac_func in getopt tempnam
 do
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_func""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:15893: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+echo "configure:15892: checking for $ac_func" >&5
 if eval "test \"\${ac_cv_func_$ac_func+set}\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 15898 "configure"
+#line 15897 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $ac_func(); below.  */
@@ -15918,7 +15917,7 @@ f = $ac_func;
 
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:15922: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:15921: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_func_$ac_func=yes"
 else
@@ -15955,13 +15954,13 @@ fi
 
 # Check Configuration
 echo $ac_n "checking declaration of sys_errlist""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:15959: checking declaration of sys_errlist" >&5
+echo "configure:15958: checking declaration of sys_errlist" >&5
 if eval "test \"\${ol_cv_dcl_sys_errlist+set}\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   
 	cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 15965 "configure"
+#line 15964 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -15974,7 +15973,7 @@ int main() {
 char *c = (char *) *sys_errlist
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:15978: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
+if { (eval echo configure:15977: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   ol_cv_dcl_sys_errlist=yes
 	ol_cv_have_sys_errlist=yes
@@ -15997,20 +15996,20 @@ EOF
 
 
 	echo $ac_n "checking existence of sys_errlist""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:16001: checking existence of sys_errlist" >&5
+echo "configure:16000: checking existence of sys_errlist" >&5
 if eval "test \"\${ol_cv_have_sys_errlist+set}\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   
 		cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 16007 "configure"
+#line 16006 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 int main() {
 char *c = (char *) *sys_errlist
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:16014: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:16013: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   ol_cv_have_sys_errlist=yes
 else
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ac6b160f3bca8120542174106ae8b8166b9f7bb0..313f0bce0f433ca93db7004b50b5886314c3e232 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2044,7 +2044,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(		\
 	sigaction		\
 	signal			\
 	sigset			\
-	snprintf		\
 	strdup			\
 	strerror		\
 	strpbrk			\
diff --git a/include/portable.h.in b/include/portable.h.in
index 0ab69a5545e62c9a886201ca55c62f08b27f55fe..7153cfb2b6a3b89db776e2a34b534e17e0cdf916 100644
--- a/include/portable.h.in
+++ b/include/portable.h.in
@@ -274,9 +274,6 @@
 /* Define if you have the sigset function.  */
 #undef HAVE_SIGSET
 
-/* Define if you have the snprintf function.  */
-#undef HAVE_SNPRINTF
-
 /* Define if you have the strdup function.  */
 #undef HAVE_STRDUP