diff --git a/build/php.m4 b/build/php.m4
index 47314d3490d94..0e75a86cfc525 100644
--- a/build/php.m4
+++ b/build/php.m4
@@ -2419,7 +2419,6 @@ dnl
 dnl PHP_CHECK_STDINT_TYPES
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN([PHP_CHECK_STDINT_TYPES], [
-  AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([short])
   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([int])
   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([long])
   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([long long])
diff --git a/win32/build/config.w32.h.in b/win32/build/config.w32.h.in
index b513776eef70d..e8476605c37f8 100644
--- a/win32/build/config.w32.h.in
+++ b/win32/build/config.w32.h.in
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
 #define HAVE_GETPID 1
 #define HAVE_LIBM 1
 #undef HAVE_RINT
-#define SIZEOF_SHORT 2
 /* int and long are still 32bit in 64bit compiles */
 #define SIZEOF_INT 4
 #define SIZEOF_LONG 4