diff --git openjdk/jdk/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk openjdk/jdk/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
index 55c0e88..220aa5c 100644
--- openjdk/jdk/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
+++ openjdk/jdk/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM), linux)
     if [ "$(OS_VARIANT_NAME)" = "Fedora" ] ; then \
       $(CAT) /etc/fedora-release | $(HEAD) -1 | $(NAWK) '{ print $$3; }' ; \
     fi)
-  ALSA_INCLUDE=/usr/include/alsa/version.h
-  ALSA_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/libasound.so
-  _ALSA_VERSION := $(shell $(EGREP) SND_LIB_VERSION_STR $(ALSA_INCLUDE) | \
-           $(SED) -e 's@.*\"\(.*\)\".*@\1@' )
-  ALSA_VERSION := $(call GetVersion,$(_ALSA_VERSION))
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(PLATFORM), windows)
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ endif
 	sane-compiler \
 	sane-link \
 	sane-cacerts \
-	sane-alsa-headers \
 	sane-ant_version \
 	sane-zip_version \
 	sane-unzip_version \
@@ -1351,9 +1346,6 @@ endif
 # need /usr/include/alsa/version.h and /usr/lib/libasound.so
 ######################################################
 
-ifdef REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION
-  ALSA_CHECK := $(call CheckVersions,$(ALSA_VERSION),$(REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION))
-endif
 sane-alsa-headers:
 ifdef REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION
 	@if [ "$(ALSA_CHECK)" != "missing" ] ; then \