diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 9c6d5f42..f8ebfd5a 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ if (GENERATE_DOC AND DO_COVERAGE)
     set(GENERATE_DOC OFF)
 endif()
 
-# {{{ Endianness
-include(TestBigEndian)
-TEST_BIG_ENDIAN(AWESOME_IS_BIG_ENDIAN)
-# }}}
-
 # {{{ Find external utilities
 macro(a_find_program var prg req)
     set(required ${req})
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 59acc2a7..3ec9d767 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #define AWESOME_LUA_LIB_PATH  "@AWESOME_LUA_LIB_PATH@"
 #define XDG_CONFIG_DIR        "@XDG_CONFIG_DIR@"
-#define AWESOME_IS_BIG_ENDIAN @AWESOME_IS_BIG_ENDIAN@
 #define AWESOME_THEMES_PATH   "@AWESOME_THEMES_PATH@"
 #define AWESOME_ICON_PATH     "@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@"
 #define AWESOME_DEFAULT_CONF  "@AWESOME_SYSCONFDIR@/rc.lua"