diff --git a/common b/common
index fe94837afc..8678649bd6 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fe94837afc0b10eaf867156fc29eea0073ba45df
+Subproject commit 8678649bd612dcd040126bdcfb3a640974c86950
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ee705cbee2..aa7d24260c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -320,14 +320,6 @@ dnl check for mmap()
 AC_FUNC_MMAP
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_MMAP, test "x$ac_cv_func_mmap_fixed_mapped" = "xyes")
 
-dnl common/m4/gst-mcsc.m4
-dnl check for makecontext and define HAVE_MAKECONTEXT if we have it
-AC_CHECK_MCSC
-if test "$ac_cv_check_mcsc" = "yes"; then
-  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_MAKECONTEXT, 1,
-                     [defined if we have makecontext ()])
-fi
-
 dnl Check for a way to display the function name in debug output
 GST_CHECK_FUNCTION
 
diff --git a/win32/common/config.h b/win32/common/config.h
index 8046fe6c6b..ef87a2e336 100644
--- a/win32/common/config.h
+++ b/win32/common/config.h
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@
 /* Define if libxml2 is available */
 #define HAVE_LIBXML2 1
 
-/* defined if we have makecontext () */
-#undef HAVE_MAKECONTEXT
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_MEMORY_H
 
diff --git a/win32/common/config.h.in b/win32/common/config.h.in
index 14b6fcfd69..f852323457 100644
--- a/win32/common/config.h.in
+++ b/win32/common/config.h.in
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@
 /* Define if libxml2 is available */
 #define HAVE_LIBXML2 1
 
-/* defined if we have makecontext () */
-#undef HAVE_MAKECONTEXT
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_MEMORY_H