diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_cpu_detect.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_cpu_detect.c
index 5056351..b9b9f92 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_cpu_detect.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_cpu_detect.c
@@ -194,123 +194,8 @@ check_os_altivec_support(void)
 }
 #endif /* PIPE_ARCH_PPC */
 
-/* If we're running on a processor that can do SSE, let's see if we
- * are allowed to or not.  This will catch 2.4.0 or later kernels that
- * haven't been configured for a Pentium III but are running on one,
- * and RedHat patched 2.2 kernels that have broken exception handling
- * support for user space apps that do SSE.
- */
-#if defined(PIPE_ARCH_X86) || defined (PIPE_ARCH_X86_64)
-static void
-check_os_katmai_support(void)
-{
-#if defined(PIPE_ARCH_X86)
-#if defined(PIPE_OS_FREEBSD)
-   int has_sse=0, ret;
-   int len = sizeof (has_sse);
-
-   ret = sysctlbyname("hw.instruction_sse", &has_sse, &len, NULL, 0);
-   if (ret || !has_sse)
-      util_cpu_caps.has_sse=0;
-
-#elif defined(PIPE_OS_NETBSD) || defined(PIPE_OS_OPENBSD)
-   int has_sse, has_sse2, ret, mib[2];
-   int varlen;
-
-   mib[0] = CTL_MACHDEP;
-   mib[1] = CPU_SSE;
-   varlen = sizeof (has_sse);
-
-   ret = sysctl(mib, 2, &has_sse, &varlen, NULL, 0);
-   if (ret < 0 || !has_sse) {
-      util_cpu_caps.has_sse = 0;
-   } else {
-      util_cpu_caps.has_sse = 1;
-   }
-
-   mib[1] = CPU_SSE2;
-   varlen = sizeof (has_sse2);
-   ret = sysctl(mib, 2, &has_sse2, &varlen, NULL, 0);
-   if (ret < 0 || !has_sse2) {
-      util_cpu_caps.has_sse2 = 0;
-   } else {
-      util_cpu_caps.has_sse2 = 1;
-   }
-   util_cpu_caps.has_sse = 0; /* FIXME ?!?!? */
-
-#elif defined(PIPE_OS_WINDOWS)
-   LPTOP_LEVEL_EXCEPTION_FILTER exc_fil;
-   if (util_cpu_caps.has_sse) {
-      exc_fil = SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(win32_sig_handler_sse);
-#if defined(PIPE_CC_GCC)
-      __asm __volatile ("xorps %xmm0, %xmm0");
-#elif defined(PIPE_CC_MSVC)
-      __asm {
-          xorps xmm0, xmm0        /* executing SSE instruction */
-      }
-#else
-#error Unsupported compiler
-#endif
-      SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(exc_fil);
-   }
-#elif defined(PIPE_OS_LINUX)
-   struct sigaction saved_sigill;
-   struct sigaction saved_sigfpe;
-
-   /* Save the original signal handlers.
-   */
-   sigaction(SIGILL, NULL, &saved_sigill);
-   sigaction(SIGFPE, NULL, &saved_sigfpe);
-
-   signal(SIGILL, (void (*)(int))sigill_handler_sse);
-   signal(SIGFPE, (void (*)(int))sigfpe_handler_sse);
-
-   /* Emulate test for OSFXSR in CR4.  The OS will set this bit if it
-    * supports the extended FPU save and restore required for SSE.  If
-    * we execute an SSE instruction on a PIII and get a SIGILL, the OS
-    * doesn't support Streaming SIMD Exceptions, even if the processor
-    * does.
-    */
-   if (util_cpu_caps.has_sse) {
-      __asm __volatile ("xorps %xmm1, %xmm0");
-   }
-
-   /* Emulate test for OSXMMEXCPT in CR4.  The OS will set this bit if
-    * it supports unmasked SIMD FPU exceptions.  If we unmask the
-    * exceptions, do a SIMD divide-by-zero and get a SIGILL, the OS
-    * doesn't support unmasked SIMD FPU exceptions.  If we get a SIGFPE
-    * as expected, we're okay but we need to clean up after it.
-    *
-    * Are we being too stringent in our requirement that the OS support
-    * unmasked exceptions?  Certain RedHat 2.2 kernels enable SSE by
-    * setting CR4.OSFXSR but don't support unmasked exceptions.  Win98
-    * doesn't even support them.  We at least know the user-space SSE
-    * support is good in kernels that do support unmasked exceptions,
-    * and therefore to be safe I'm going to leave this test in here.
-    */
-   if (util_cpu_caps.has_sse) {
-      /* test_os_katmai_exception_support(); */
-   }
-
-   /* Restore the original signal handlers.
-   */
-   sigaction(SIGILL, &saved_sigill, NULL);
-   sigaction(SIGFPE, &saved_sigfpe, NULL);
-
-#else
-   /* We can't use POSIX signal handling to test the availability of
-    * SSE, so we disable it by default.
-    */
-   util_cpu_caps.has_sse = 0;
-#endif /* __linux__ */
-#endif
-
-#if defined(PIPE_ARCH_X86_64)
-   util_cpu_caps.has_sse = 1;
-#endif
-}
-
 
+#if defined(PIPE_ARCH_X86) || defined (PIPE_ARCH_X86_64)
 static int has_cpuid(void)
 {
 #if defined(PIPE_ARCH_X86)
@@ -469,9 +354,6 @@ util_cpu_detect(void)
          util_cpu_caps.cacheline = regs2[2] & 0xFF;
       }
 
-      if (util_cpu_caps.has_sse)
-         check_os_katmai_support();
-
       if (!util_cpu_caps.has_sse) {
          util_cpu_caps.has_sse2 = 0;
          util_cpu_caps.has_sse3 = 0;