diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9af9a2928..98adeae72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fi
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([iconv_open pread pwrite lrintf strlcpy daemon dirname basename strcasecmp localtime_r fallocate64 posix_fallocate memmem strtold syslog valloc getpagesize posix_memalign clearenv])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([iconv_open pread pwrite lrintf strlcpy daemon dirname basename strcasecmp localtime_r fallocate64 posix_fallocate memmem strtold syslog valloc getpagesize posix_memalign])
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 ACX_PTHREAD
diff --git a/libtransmission/torrent.c b/libtransmission/torrent.c
index 49f63bda2..fe6955ba4 100644
--- a/libtransmission/torrent.c
+++ b/libtransmission/torrent.c
@@ -1829,10 +1829,6 @@ torrentCallScript( tr_torrent * tor, const char * script )
         char buf[128];
         const time_t now = tr_time( );
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CLEARENV
-        clearenv( );
-#endif
-
         tr_setenv( "TR_APP_VERSION", SHORT_VERSION_STRING, 1 );
 
         tr_snprintf( buf, sizeof( buf ), "%d", tr_torrentId( tor ) );