diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index 529b3a6b5..7fe1661bb 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -175,11 +175,6 @@ set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
-check_include_file_cxx(execinfo HAVE_EXECINFO)
-if (HAVE_EXECINFO)
-    add_compile_definitions(GLIBC_BACKTRACE_SUPPORTED)
-endif()
-
 #
 # build the library
 #
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index 7e3ee35d3..a4e89cf32 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static void ggml_print_backtrace_symbols(void) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%d: %p %s\n", idx, addr, symbol);
     }
 }
-#elif defined(__linux__) && defined(GLIBC_BACKTRACE_SUPPORTED)
+#elif defined(__linux__) && defined(__GLIBC__)
 #include <execinfo.h>
 static void ggml_print_backtrace_symbols(void) {
     void * trace[100];