--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -305,41 +305,7 @@ AC_PATH_PROG([OCAML_BIN], [ocaml])
 AC_PATH_PROG([RUST_BIN], [rustc])
 AC_PATH_PROG([JULIA_BIN], [julia])
 
-dnl
-dnl Julia requires a large virtual address space. On systems where this is
-dnl limited by ulimit, julia will fail to run.
-dnl
-
-if test "x$JULIA_BIN" != x; then
-	echo 'println( "can run julia programs" );' > conftest.jl
-	echo -n "checking if julia is able to run programs ... "
-	if sh -c "$JULIA_BIN conftest.jl" >>config.log 2>&1; then
-		echo "yes"
-	else
-		echo "no"
-		JULIA_BIN=""
-	fi
-	rm -f conftest.jl
-fi
-
-dnl We can run julia, now make sure we have 1.0
-if test "x$JULIA_BIN" != x; then
-	echo -n "checking if julia is version 1.0 or later ... "
-
-	dnl We assume the form "julia version X.X.X"
-	dnl   1. everything before the version number.
-	dnl   2. Remove trailing version.
-	dnl   3. Verify it is plain number greater than 1.
-	dnl Any failure comes out as empty string. Note the sed command is wrapped
-	dnl in [] so autotools do not interpret anything in it.
-	JULIA1="`$JULIA_BIN -v | sed ['s/[A-Za-z ]\+//g; s/\.[0-9\.]*//; /^[1-9][0-9]*/!d;']`"
-	if test "x$JULIA1" != x; then
-		echo "yes"
-	else
-		JULIA_BIN=""
-		echo "no"
-	fi
-fi
+JULIA_BIN=""
 
 AC_PATH_PROG([GNUSTEP_CONFIG], [gnustep-config])