diff --git a/libguile/gen-scmconfig.c b/libguile/gen-scmconfig.c
index 5f1351307..20714f05d 100644
--- a/libguile/gen-scmconfig.c
+++ b/libguile/gen-scmconfig.c
@@ -244,11 +244,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   pf ("/* Set to 1 to add Elisp support (in addition to Scheme). */\n");
   pf ("#define SCM_ENABLE_ELISP %d /* 0 or 1 */\n", SCM_I_GSC_ENABLE_ELISP);
 
-  /*** SCM_HAVE_ARRAYS (0 or 1) ***/
-  pf ("\n");
-  pf ("/* Set to 1 to add support for arrays and uniform arrays. */\n");
-  pf ("#define SCM_HAVE_ARRAYS %d /* 0 or 1 */\n", SCM_I_GSC_HAVE_ARRAYS);
-
   /*** SCM_STACK_GROWS_UP (0 or 1) ***/
   pf ("\n");
   pf ("/* Set to 1 if the stack grows up, 0 otherwise. */\n");
@@ -406,6 +401,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       "#endif\n");
   printf ("\n");
 
+  pf ("#define SCM_HAVE_ARRAYS +++ /* always true now */\n");
+
   printf ("#endif\n");
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/libguile/gen-scmconfig.h.in b/libguile/gen-scmconfig.h.in
index 933aad375..8bcb0f425 100644
--- a/libguile/gen-scmconfig.h.in
+++ b/libguile/gen-scmconfig.h.in
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #define SCM_I_GSC_ENABLE_DISCOURAGED @SCM_I_GSC_ENABLE_DISCOURAGED@
 #define SCM_I_GSC_ENABLE_DEPRECATED @SCM_I_GSC_ENABLE_DEPRECATED@
 #define SCM_I_GSC_ENABLE_ELISP @SCM_I_GSC_ENABLE_ELISP@
-#define SCM_I_GSC_HAVE_ARRAYS @SCM_I_GSC_HAVE_ARRAYS@
 #define SCM_I_GSC_STACK_GROWS_UP @SCM_I_GSC_STACK_GROWS_UP@
 #define SCM_I_GSC_C_INLINE @SCM_I_GSC_C_INLINE@
 #define SCM_I_GSC_NEEDS_STDINT_H @SCM_I_GSC_NEEDS_STDINT_H@