diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/configure b/winsup/cygwin/configure
index 54b7f04c3..ff80f0c55 100755
--- a/winsup/cygwin/configure
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/configure
@@ -4403,8 +4403,6 @@ esac
 fi
 
 
-
-
 case "$target_cpu" in
    i?86)
 		DLL_NAME="cygwin1.dll"
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/configure.ac b/winsup/cygwin/configure.ac
index ac019c94e..757ebcfb0 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/configure.ac
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/configure.ac
@@ -67,21 +67,6 @@ no)	 ;;
 esac
 ])
 
-dnl The only time we might want to transform the install names
-dnl is for unix x cygwin.  Otherwise we don't.  For now we don't
-dnl transform names.
-
-dnl if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xno" -a ; then
-dnl   if test "x$program_transform_name" = "xs,x,x,"; then
-dnl     program_transform_name=""
-dnl   fi
-dnl   if test "x$program_transform_name" = "x"; then
-dnl     program_transform_name="s,^,$target_alias-,"
-dnl   else
-dnl     program_transform_name="$program_transform_name -e s,^,$target_alias-,"
-dnl   fi
-dnl fi
-
 case "$target_cpu" in
    i?86)
 		DLL_NAME="cygwin1.dll"
diff --git a/winsup/lsaauth/configure.ac b/winsup/lsaauth/configure.ac
index 995a0991d..f2b2c6329 100644
--- a/winsup/lsaauth/configure.ac
+++ b/winsup/lsaauth/configure.ac
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ esac
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(MINGW64_CC, x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc)
 test -z "$MINGW64_CC" && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable mingw64 cc found in \$PATH])
 
-AC_ARG_PROGRAM
-
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile cyglsa.def:cyglsa.din])
diff --git a/winsup/utils/Makefile.in b/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
index 248939645..c3297c6c1 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ prefix:=@prefix@
 exec_prefix:=@exec_prefix@
 
 bindir:=@bindir@
-program_transform_name:=@program_transform_name@
 
 override INSTALL:=@INSTALL@
 override INSTALL_PROGRAM:=@INSTALL_PROGRAM@
@@ -176,8 +175,7 @@ realclean: clean
 install: all
 	/bin/mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${bindir}
 	for i in $(CYGWIN_BINS) ${filter-out testsuite.exe,$(MINGW_BINS)} ; do \
-	  n=`echo $$i | sed '$(program_transform_name)'`; \
-	  $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$n; \
+	  $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$i; \
 	done
 
 $(cygwin_build)/libcygwin.a: $(cygwin_build)/Makefile
diff --git a/winsup/utils/configure b/winsup/utils/configure
index 4408c9f91..3ad7c8a68 100755
--- a/winsup/utils/configure
+++ b/winsup/utils/configure
@@ -1273,11 +1273,6 @@ _ACEOF
 
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
-Program names:
-  --program-prefix=PREFIX            prepend PREFIX to installed program names
-  --program-suffix=SUFFIX            append SUFFIX to installed program names
-  --program-transform-name=PROGRAM   run sed PROGRAM on installed program names
-
 System types:
   --build=BUILD     configure for building on BUILD [guessed]
   --host=HOST       cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST [BUILD]
@@ -3152,17 +3147,6 @@ export CXX
 
 
 
-test "$program_prefix" != NONE &&
-  program_transform_name="s&^&$program_prefix&;$program_transform_name"
-# Use a double $ so make ignores it.
-test "$program_suffix" != NONE &&
-  program_transform_name="s&\$&$program_suffix&;$program_transform_name"
-# Double any \ or $.
-# By default was `s,x,x', remove it if useless.
-ac_script='s/[\\$]/&&/g;s/;s,x,x,$//'
-program_transform_name=`$as_echo "$program_transform_name" | sed "$ac_script"`
-
-
 # Find a good install program.  We prefer a C program (faster),
 # so one script is as good as another.  But avoid the broken or
 # incompatible versions:
diff --git a/winsup/utils/configure.ac b/winsup/utils/configure.ac
index 63fc55e56..ce35f9c7b 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/configure.ac
+++ b/winsup/utils/configure.ac
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ AC_PROG_CXX
 
 AC_CYGWIN_INCLUDES
 
-AC_ARG_PROGRAM
-
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(MINGW_CXX, ${target_cpu}-w64-mingw32-g++)