diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c440f18986..6fe46d80bc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 72539 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 72701 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.
 #
@@ -16476,66 +16476,6 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 
-cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <stdlib.h>
-     #include <sys/sendfile.h>
-int
-main ()
-{
-sendfile(1, 0, NULL, 1);
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
-
-    { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6; }
-       have_sendfile=yes
-
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-
-    { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
-       have_sendfile=no
-
-
-fi
-
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-if test "${have_sendfile}" = "yes"; then
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_SENDFILE 1
-_ACEOF
-
-fi
-
 # do the package library checks now
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9e8279d071..4c4a48c7ad 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -364,23 +364,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([libkern/OSAtomic.h],
 
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int)
 
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-  [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-    [#include <stdlib.h>
-     #include <sys/sendfile.h>],
-    [sendfile(1, 0, NULL, 1);])
-  ],[
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-       have_sendfile=yes
-  ],[
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-       have_sendfile=no
-  ]
-)
-if test "${have_sendfile}" = "yes"; then
-  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SENDFILE], 1, [Define if your system has the sendfile syscall.])
-fi
-
 # do the package library checks now
 
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([ALSA], [asound], [snd_spcm_init], [alsa/asoundlib.h], [-lm -ldl])
diff --git a/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in b/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
index 3f175ddf06..85618b9e35 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
+++ b/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
@@ -394,9 +394,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `select' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SELECT
 
-/* Define if your system has the sendfile syscall. */
-#undef HAVE_SENDFILE
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `setenv' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SETENV
 
diff --git a/main/http.c b/main/http.c
index f71ae0dfb1..d8471740cf 100644
--- a/main/http.c
+++ b/main/http.c
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SENDFILE
-#include <sys/sendfile.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "minimime/mm.h"
 
 #include "asterisk/cli.h"
@@ -201,14 +197,8 @@ static struct ast_str *static_callback(struct server_instance *ser, const char *
 		"Content-type: %s\r\n\r\n",
 		ASTERISK_VERSION, buf, (int) st.st_size, mtype);
 
-	fflush(ser->f);
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SENDFILE
-	sendfile(ser->fd, fd, NULL, st.st_size);
-#else
 	while ((len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0)
-		write(ser->fd, buf, len);
-#endif
+		fwrite(buf, 1, len, ser->f);
 
 	close(fd);
 	return NULL;