--- configure.in	2008-07-31 22:33:53.000000000 -0400
+++ configure.in.oden	2008-08-25 18:19:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -226,9 +226,6 @@
     GCC_MAJOR_VERSION=`$CC --version | $SED -n '1s/[[^0-9]]*//;1s/\..*//;1p'`
     ;;
   esac
-  if test $GCC_MAJOR_VERSION -ge 4; then
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden"
-  fi
 fi
 
 case $host_alias in