2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index bb678dc4843..391d2e52100 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-08-25  Ken Brown  <kbrown@cornell.edu>
+
+        * emacs.c (main): Remove use of obsolete macro
+        G_SLICE_ALWAYS_MALLOC.
+
 2014-08-25  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         Implement locale-sensitive string collation for MS-Windows.
diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index a53b4cfd4ed..c381a771a68 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -734,12 +734,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   stack_base = &dummy;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef G_SLICE_ALWAYS_MALLOC
-  /* This is used by the Cygwin build.  It's not needed starting with
-     cygwin-1.7.24, but it doesn't do any harm.  */
-  xputenv ("G_SLICE=always-malloc");
-#endif
-
 #ifndef CANNOT_DUMP
   might_dump = !initialized;
 #endif