diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4a63abcd..b6141bed 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dnl Checks for libraries.
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(crypt.h utmp.h \
 	termio.h sgtty.h sys/ioctl.h paths.h \
-	sys/capability.h sys/random.h sys/resource.h \
+	sys/capability.h sys/random.h \
 	gshadow.h lastlog.h rpc/key_prot.h netdb.h acl/libacl.h \
 	attr/libattr.h attr/error_context.h)
 
diff --git a/libmisc/limits.c b/libmisc/limits.c
index fea85fe5..5e34905b 100644
--- a/libmisc/limits.c
+++ b/libmisc/limits.c
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include "getdef.h"
 #include "shadowlog.h"
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #define LIMITS
-#endif
 #ifdef LIMITS
 #ifndef LIMITS_FILE
 #define LIMITS_FILE "/etc/limits"
diff --git a/libmisc/pwd_init.c b/libmisc/pwd_init.c
index a37e94c8..3c3d96e7 100644
--- a/libmisc/pwd_init.c
+++ b/libmisc/pwd_init.c
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
 #include <sys/resource.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "prototypes.h"
 
@@ -28,39 +26,34 @@
  */
 void pwd_init (void)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
 	struct rlimit rlim;
 
-# ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
+#ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
 	rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = 0;
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
-# endif
+#endif
 	rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
-# ifdef RLIMIT_AS
+#ifdef RLIMIT_AS
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_AS, &rlim);
-# endif
-# ifdef RLIMIT_CPU
+#endif
+#ifdef RLIMIT_CPU
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_CPU, &rlim);
-# endif
-# ifdef RLIMIT_DATA
+#endif
+#ifdef RLIMIT_DATA
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_DATA, &rlim);
-# endif
-# ifdef RLIMIT_FSIZE
+#endif
+#ifdef RLIMIT_FSIZE
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_FSIZE, &rlim);
-# endif
-# ifdef RLIMIT_NOFILE
+#endif
+#ifdef RLIMIT_NOFILE
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim);
-# endif
-# ifdef RLIMIT_RSS
+#endif
+#ifdef RLIMIT_RSS
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_RSS, &rlim);
-# endif
-# ifdef RLIMIT_STACK
+#endif
+#ifdef RLIMIT_STACK
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_STACK, &rlim);
-# endif
-#else				/* !HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H */
-	set_filesize_limit (30000);
-	/* don't know how to set the other limits... */
-#endif				/* !HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H */
+#endif
 
 	signal (SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
 	signal (SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
diff --git a/libmisc/ulimit.c b/libmisc/ulimit.c
index 6597cdb0..0123e040 100644
--- a/libmisc/ulimit.c
+++ b/libmisc/ulimit.c
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
 
 #ident "$Id$"
 
-#if HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-# include <sys/time.h>		/* for struct timeval on sunos4 */
+#include <sys/time.h>		/* for struct timeval on sunos4 */
 /* XXX - is the above ok or should it be <time.h> on ultrix? */
-# include <sys/resource.h>
-#endif
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "prototypes.h"
 
 int set_filesize_limit (int blocks)