diff --git a/tools/define_versions.sh b/tools/define_versions.sh
index 37eca614f3..4726046e62 100644
--- a/tools/define_versions.sh
+++ b/tools/define_versions.sh
@@ -58,3 +58,9 @@ if grep -q "DEBUG = True" ../../build/c4che/_cache.py; then
 else
 	DEBUG="F"
 fi
+
+if grep -q "FREEBIE=1" ../../build/c4che/_cache.py; then
+	FREEBI="T"
+else
+	FREEBI="F"
+fi
diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/build b/tools/linux_packaging/build
index 48278cc23e..e7b57456a9 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/build
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/build
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 # script for pulling together a Linux app bundle.
 #
-# This will create a bundle for a single architecture.
-# Execute this script on both x86 and x86_64 and then use
-# package to merge the 2 bundles into a final package with the
-# installer. See "noderun" for a complete build script.
+# This will create a bundle for a x86_64 architecture.
+# Execute this script and then use `package; to build
+# the installer.
 
 # where the GTK stack is installed
 GTKSTACK_ROOT=$HOME/gtk/inst
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ WITH_NLS=
 EXTERNAL_JACK=
 VENDOR=Ardour ;
 EXENAME=ardour
-GCC5ABI=false
-USEWINE=false
 WINEEXE=
 BUILDTYPE=""
 NOSTRIP="libsuil|libserd|libsord|liblilv|libsratom|liblrdf|libardour|libpbd|libevoral"
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
 	--sysdeps) PRINT_SYSDEPS=1; shift ;;
 	--nls) WITH_NLS=1 ; shift ;;
 	--harvid) WITH_HARVID=1 ; shift ;;
-	--gcc5abi) GCC5ABI=true ; shift ;;
+	--gcc5abi) shift ;;
 	--chanstrip) HARRISONCHANNELSTRIP=$2 ; shift; shift ;;
 
 	*)
@@ -133,14 +130,6 @@ echo "Info string is $info_string"
 
 # Figure out our CPU type
 case `uname -m` in
-	i[3456789]86|x86|i86pc)
-		echo "Architecture is x86"
-		ARCH='x86'
-		WARCH='i386'
-		HARCH='linux32'
-		ARCH_BITS='32-bit'
-		MULTIARCH='i386-linux-gnu'
-		;;
 	x86_64|amd64|AMD64)
 		echo "Architecture is x86_64"
 		ARCH='x86_64'
@@ -157,8 +146,17 @@ case `uname -m` in
 		;;
 esac
 
+if [ "$DEBUG" = "T" ]; then
+  BUILDTYPE="dbg"
+fi
+if [ "FREEBI" = "T" ]; then
+  BUILDTYPE="demo"
+fi
+if [ "$DEBUG$FREEBI" = "TT" ]; then
+  BUILDTYPE="demo-dbg"
+fi
+
 if [ x$DEBUG = xT ]; then
-    BUILDTYPE="dbg"
     if [ x$STRIP = xall ] ; then
         echo "A debug build with --strip all makes no sense - STRIP reset to \"some\""
         STRIP=some
@@ -261,7 +259,7 @@ fi
 
 echo export 'PATH="/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin:$PATH"' >> $ENVIRONMENT
 
-sed -e "/^%ENV%/r $ENVIRONMENT" -e '/^%ENV%/d' -e 's/%VER%/'"${release_version}"'/;s/%EXENAME%/'"${EXENAME}"'/;s/%WINE%/'"$WINEEXE"'/' < ardour.sh.in > $APPBIN/${EXENAME}${major_version}
+sed -e "/^%ENV%/r $ENVIRONMENT" -e '/^%ENV%/d' -e 's/%VER%/'"${release_version}"'/;s/%EXENAME%/'"${EXENAME}"'/' < ardour.sh.in > $APPBIN/${EXENAME}${major_version}
 rm $ENVIRONMENT && chmod 775 $APPBIN/${EXENAME}${major_version}
 
 echo "Copying ardour executable ...."
@@ -723,11 +721,7 @@ if test -n "$MIXBUS"; then
 
 	echo "Adding Harrison Vamp Plugins"
 
-	if test "$GCC5ABI" = "true"; then
-		VAMPARCH="${HARCH}gcc5"
-	else
-		VAMPARCH="${HARCH}"
-	fi
+	VAMPARCH="${HARCH}gcc5"
 	curl -s -S --fail -# \
 		-z "${CACHEDIR}/harrison_vamp.${VAMPARCH}.so" \
 		-o "${CACHEDIR}/harrison_vamp.${VAMPARCH}.so" \
@@ -856,10 +850,9 @@ chmod a+x $APPBIN/${APP_VER_NAME}.uninstall.sh
 #
 # Add the stage2.run script
 #
-sed -e "s/%REPLACE_MAJOR_VERSION%/${major_version}/;s/%REPLACE_PGM%/${APPNAME}/;s/%REPLACE_VENDOR%/${VENDOR}/;s/%REPLACE_EXE%/${EXENAME}/;s/%REPLACE_GCC5%/${GCC5ABI}/;s/%REPLACE_WINE%/${USEWINE}/" < stage2.run.in > stage2.run
+sed -e "s/%REPLACE_MAJOR_VERSION%/${major_version}/;s/%REPLACE_PGM%/${APPNAME}/;s/%REPLACE_VENDOR%/${VENDOR}/;s/%REPLACE_EXE%/${EXENAME}/" < stage2.run.in > stage2.run
 chmod a+x stage2.run
 
-
 #Sanity Check file
 if [ -e $BUILD_ROOT/tools/sanity_check/sanityCheck ]; then
 	cp $BUILD_ROOT/tools/sanity_check/sanityCheck $APPBIN
diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/package b/tools/linux_packaging/package
index 1fb9fc8ade..e8d1fbf206 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/package
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/package
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 # and package them together with an installer script.
 
 BUILDTYPE=""
-SINGLE_ARCH="F"
-X86_BUNDLE_OK="F"
-X86_64_BUNDLE_OK="F"
-GCC5ABI="F"
 MAKESELF=""
 BUILD_ROOT=../../build
 
@@ -49,9 +45,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
 		MAKESELF=`which makeself`;
 		shift ;;
 
-	--singlearch) SINGLE_ARCH="T" ; shift ;;
+	--singlearch) shift ;;
 
-	--gcc5abi) GCC5ABI="T" ; shift ;;
+	--gcc5abi) shift ;;
 
 	--xz) MAKESELFOPTS="--xz --complevel 9" ; shift ;;
 
@@ -70,84 +66,26 @@ done
 if [ x$DEBUG = xT ]; then
 	BUILDTYPE="dbg"
 fi
+if [ x$FREEBI = xT ]; then
+	BUILDTYPE="demo"
+fi
+if [ x$DEBUG$FREEBI = xTT ]; then
+	BUILDTYPE="demo-dbg"
+fi
 
-X86_BUNDLE="${APPNAME}_x86-${release_version}"
 X86_64_BUNDLE="${APPNAME}_x86_64-${release_version}"
+PACKAGE="${APPNAME}-${release_version}-x86_64"
 
 if [ ! -z ${BUILDTYPE} ]; then
-	X86_BUNDLE="${X86_BUNDLE}-${BUILDTYPE}"
 	X86_64_BUNDLE="${X86_64_BUNDLE}-${BUILDTYPE}"
+	PACKAGE="${APPNAME}-${release_version}-${BUILDTYPE}-x86_64"
 fi 
 
-if [ ! -e ${X86_BUNDLE}.tar ] ; then
-	echo ""
-	echo "Can't locate x86 bundle file ${X86_BUNDLE}.tar"
-	echo ""
-elif [ ! -e ${X86_BUNDLE}.size ] ; then
-	echo ""
-	echo "Can't locate x86 bundle size file ${X86_BUNDLE}.size"
-	echo ""
-else
-	X86_BUNDLE_OK="T"
-fi
-
 if [ ! -e ${X86_64_BUNDLE}.tar ]; then
 	echo ""
 	echo "Can't locate x86_64 bundle file ${X86_64_BUNDLE}.tar"
 	echo ""
-elif [ ! -e ${X86_64_BUNDLE}.size ]; then
-	echo ""
-	echo "Can't locate x86 bundle size file ${X86_BUNDLE}.size"
-	echo ""
-else
-	X86_64_BUNDLE_OK="T"
-fi
-
-
-if [ "${X86_BUNDLE_OK}" = "F" ] || [ "${X86_64_BUNDLE_OK}" = "F" ]; then
-	if [ "${X86_BUNDLE_OK}" = "${X86_64_BUNDLE_OK}" ]; then
-		echo ""
-		echo "!!! ERROR !!! - Can't locate bundle files ${X86_BUNDLE} or ${X86_64_BUNDLE}"
-		echo ""
-		exit 1
-	elif [ "${SINGLE_ARCH}" = "T" ]; then
-		echo ""
-		echo "!!! Warning !!! - A single architecture package has been selected"
-		echo ""
-	else
-		echo ""
-		echo "!!! ERROR !!! - Missing bundle files."
-		echo ""
-		exit 1
-	fi
-fi
-
-
-
-if [ -z ${BUILDTYPE} ]; then
-	if [ "${SINGLE_ARCH}" = "T" ]; then
-		if [ "${X86_BUNDLE_OK}" = "T" ]; then
-			PACKAGE="${APPNAME}-${release_version}-x86"
-		else
-			PACKAGE="${APPNAME}-${release_version}-x86_64"
-		fi
-	else
-		PACKAGE="${APPNAME}-${release_version}"
-	fi
-else
-	if [ "${SINGLE_ARCH}" = "T" ]; then
-		if [ "${X86_BUNDLE_OK}" = "T" ]; then
-			PACKAGE="${APPNAME}-${release_version}-${BUILDTYPE}-x86"
-		else
-			PACKAGE="${APPNAME}-${release_version}-${BUILDTYPE}-x86_64"
-		fi
-	else
-		PACKAGE="${APPNAME}-${release_version}-${BUILDTYPE}"
-	fi
-fi 
-
-if [ "$GCC5ABI" = "T" ]; then
-	PACKAGE="${PACKAGE}-gcc5"
+	exit 1
 fi
 
 echo "Cleaning up any old package files for this build"
@@ -159,30 +97,13 @@ rm -rf ${PACKAGE}
 echo "Creating new package dir..."
 mkdir ${PACKAGE}
 
-if [ "${X86_BUNDLE_OK}" = "T" ]; then
-	mv ${X86_BUNDLE}.tar ${PACKAGE}
-	mv ${X86_BUNDLE}.size ${PACKAGE}/.${X86_BUNDLE}.size
-fi
-
-if [ "${X86_64_BUNDLE_OK}" = "T" ]; then
-	mv ${X86_64_BUNDLE}.tar ${PACKAGE}
-	mv ${X86_64_BUNDLE}.size ${PACKAGE}/.${X86_64_BUNDLE}.size
-fi
+mv ${X86_64_BUNDLE}.tar ${PACKAGE}
+mv ${X86_64_BUNDLE}.size ${PACKAGE}/.${X86_64_BUNDLE}.size
 
 cp install.sh ${PACKAGE}
 cp stage2.run ${PACKAGE}/.stage2.run
 cp README ${PACKAGE}
 
-# gcc4/5 ABI test tool
-if [ -e $BUILD_ROOT/tools/gccabicheck/gcc-glibmm-abi-check ]; then
-	cp $BUILD_ROOT/tools/gccabicheck/gcc-glibmm-abi-check ${PACKAGE}/.gcc-glibmm-abi-check
-else
-	echo "!!!ERROR !!! gcc-glibmm-abi-check program is missing. packager will exit without being complete"
-	rm -rf ${PACKAGE}
-	rm -f stage2.run
-	exit 1
-fi
-
 if test -n "$MAKESELF"; then
 	echo "Creating self-extracting installer"
 	$MAKESELF ${MAKESELFOPTS} ${PACKAGE}/ ${PACKAGE}.run ${APPNAME} ./install.sh
diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/stage2.run.in b/tools/linux_packaging/stage2.run.in
index 06f28ae9c5..ad5b5a4ea2 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/stage2.run.in
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/stage2.run.in
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ USER_NAME=$(logname)
 
 #### Global Variables ####
 HAS_XDG="T"
-MULTABI_BUNDLE=""
 
 ########################
 # Function Definitions
@@ -271,12 +270,10 @@ case `uname -m` in
 	arm|armv7l|aarch32)
 		echo "Architecture is armhf"
 		ARCH='armhf'
-		NOABICHECK=1
 		;;
 	aarch64|armv8b)
 		echo "Architecture is arm64"
 		ARCH='arm64'
-		NOABICHECK=1
 		;;
 	*)
 		echo ""
@@ -287,35 +284,14 @@ case `uname -m` in
 		;;
 esac
 
-###################
-# Determine gcc ABI
-###################
-
-if test -n "$MULTABI_BUNDLE"; then
-	if ! "${PKG_PATH}/.gcc-glibmm-abi-check" --fail --gcc5; then
-		ABI=-gcc4
-	else
-		ABI=-gcc5
-	fi
-  # allow to manually override
-	if test "$1" = "--gcc4"; then
-		ABI=-gcc4
-	fi
-	if test "$1" = "--gcc5"; then
-		ABI=-gcc5
-	fi
-else
-	ABI=
-fi
-
 ####################################
 # Check if bundle is for this system
 ####################################
 
-if [ ! -e ${PGM_NAME}_${ARCH}${ABI}-*.tar ]; then
+if [ ! -e ${PGM_NAME}_${ARCH}-*.tar ]; then
 	echo ""
-	echo "!!! ERROR !!! Can't locate ${ARCH}${ABI} bundle file."
-	echo "The installer detected the system as ${ARCH}${ABI}, but this bundle"
+	echo "!!! ERROR !!! Can't locate ${ARCH} bundle file."
+	echo "The installer detected the system as ${ARCH}, but this bundle"
 	echo "does not contain the files needed for that configuration."
 	echo ""
 	read -p "Press ENTER to exit installer:" BLAH
@@ -331,15 +307,15 @@ fi
 # in case they are on different devices
 echo "Checking for required disk space"
 
-if [ ! -e .${PGM_NAME}_${ARCH}${ABI}-*.size ]; then
+if [ ! -e .${PGM_NAME}_${ARCH}-*.size ]; then
 	echo ""
-	echo "!!! ERROR !!! Can't locate .size file for ${ARCH}${ABI} bundle."
-	echo "This package is broken or does not support ${ARCH}${ABI}."
+	echo "!!! ERROR !!! Can't locate .size file for ${ARCH} bundle."
+	echo "This package is broken or does not support ${ARCH}."
 	echo ""
 	read -p "Press ENTER to exit installer:" BLAH
 	exit 1
 else
-	REQUIRED_BYTES=$(cat .${PGM_NAME}_${ARCH}${ABI}-*.size)
+	REQUIRED_BYTES=$(cat .${PGM_NAME}_${ARCH}-*.size)
 
 	#Installer needs 2x the space since the bundle is unpacked locally and then copied
 	REQUIRED_BYTES=$(($REQUIRED_BYTES + $REQUIRED_BYTES))
@@ -371,57 +347,6 @@ else
 	fi
 fi
 
-###############################
-# Determine C++11 stdlibc++ ABI
-###############################
-
-if test -z "$ABI" -a -z "$NOABICHECK"; then
-	if %REPLACE_GCC5%; then
-		# Ardour was compiled with gcc5, warn on gcc4 systems
-		if ! "${PKG_PATH}/.gcc-glibmm-abi-check" --gcc5; then
-			echo ""
-			echo "WARNING: GCC4/5 libstdc++ ABI Mismatch"
-			echo ""
-			echo "${PGM_NAME} was compiled with gcc5, your system uses an older version of the"
-			echo "standard c++ library. Plugins on your system may not load or plugin-UIs"
-			echo "may cause crashes."
-			echo ""
-			ANSWER=$(VaildateYesNoQuestion "Continue anyway?")
-			if test "n" = $ANSWER; then
-				exit 1
-			fi
-		fi
-	else
-		# Ardour was compiled with gcc4, warn on gcc5 systems
-		if ! "${PKG_PATH}/.gcc-glibmm-abi-check" --gcc4 ; then
-			echo ""
-			echo "WARNING: GCC4/5 libstdc++ ABI Mismatch"
-			echo ""
-			echo "${PGM_NAME} was compiled with gcc4, your system uses a newer version of the"
-			echo "standard c++ library. Plugins on your system may not load or plugin-UIs"
-			echo "may cause crashes."
-			echo ""
-			ANSWER=$(VaildateYesNoQuestion "Continue anyway?")
-			if test "n" = $ANSWER; then
-				exit 1
-			fi
-		fi
-	fi
-fi
-
-if %REPLACE_WINE%; then
-	if test -z "`which wine`"; then
-		echo ""
-		echo "!!! ERROR !!! - 'wine' was not found."
-		echo ""
-		echo "This version of ${PGM_NAME} with Windows VST support requires wine."
-		echo "https://www.winehq.org/"
-		echo ""
-		read -p "Press ENTER to exit installer:" BLAH
-		exit 1
-	fi
-fi
-
 #####################
 # Unpack the bundle
 #####################
@@ -430,11 +355,11 @@ FILESYSTEM_TYPE=$(df -P -T "${PKG_PATH}" | grep / | awk '{print $2}')
 echo "Bundle is on ${FILESYSTEM_TYPE} filesystem"
 
 # untar the correct bundle for us to install
-echo "Unpacking bundle for $ARCH${ABI}"
+echo "Unpacking bundle for $ARCH"
 
-if ! tar -xf ${PGM_NAME}_${ARCH}${ABI}-*.tar; then
+if ! tar -xf ${PGM_NAME}_${ARCH}-*.tar; then
 	echo ""
-	echo "!!! ERROR !!! Can't unpack ${ARCH}${ABI} bundle file."
+	echo "!!! ERROR !!! Can't unpack ${ARCH} bundle file."
 	echo ""
 	read -p "Press ENTER to exit installer:" BLAH
 	exit 1
@@ -476,54 +401,6 @@ then
 	HAS_XDG="F"
 fi
 
-#################################################
-# Set up libwine.so
-#################################################
-if %REPLACE_WINE%; then
-	echo ""
-	echo "Searching libwine.so (Windows VST support)"
-	# we need to add libwine to ardour's LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-	# libwine itself includes paths to the various system-components
-	# which may be different on each platform.
-	#
-	# There's some chicken/egg here: ardour.exe.so is linked against libwine.so
-	# at build-time. wine/wineloader assumes a windows-application (which does not use libwine
-	# directly) and does not set up the LD path to libwine itself. the application terminates
-	# (missing libs) before it even starts..
-	#
-	# wine itself does not provide means to find the location of libwine.
-	# /usr/bin/wine is usually shell-script and libwine.so can be found in
-	# various places on different distros.
-	#
-	# if this check were quick and easy.. it should be done in the startup-script, but it's not
-	# so here we go... (updating wine may require re-installing ardour)
-	#
-	# on recent Ubuntu wine does load both:
-	#   /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libwine.so.1
-	# AND
-	#   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwine.so.1
-	# so we need to work around this (thanks).
-	# (this hack break 64bit LinuxVST builds, but we don't do those anyway)
-
-	LIBWINE=$(
-		LD_DEBUG=files wine `pwd`/${BUNDLE_DIR}/lib/ardour-vst-scanner.exe.so 2>&1 \
-						 | grep -e "calling init:.*libwine" \
-						 | sed 's/^.*calling init: //' \
-						 | grep -v x86_64-linux-gnu \
-						 | uniq \
-			)
-	if ! test -f "$LIBWINE"; then
-		echo ""
-		echo "!!! ERROR !!! - 'libwine.so*' was not found."
-		echo ""
-		read -p "Press ENTER to exit installer:" BLAH
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	echo "Using: $LIBWINE"
-  # this replaces/overwrites the bundled libwine
-	cp -L "$LIBWINE" `pwd`/${BUNDLE_DIR}/lib/libwine.so.1
-fi
-
 #################################################
 # Check if system libs are OK (libc, etc)
 #################################################
diff --git a/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build b/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
index 8684adc2e7..d3303f62d5 100755
--- a/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
+++ b/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
@@ -1012,14 +1012,20 @@ fi
 
 echo "Building DMG ..."
 
-# UC_DMG=$APPNAME-${release_version}-UC.dmg
-# FINAL_DMG=$APPNAME-${release_version}.dmg
+BUILDTYPE=""
 
 if [ x$DEBUG = xT ]; then
-	UC_DMG=$APPNAME-$release_version-dbg${DMG_ARCH}.dmg
-else
-	UC_DMG=$APPNAME-$release_version${DMG_ARCH}.dmg
+	BUILDTYPE="-dbg"
 fi
+if [ x$FREEBI = xT ]; then
+	BUILDTYPE="-demo"
+fi
+if [ x$DEBUG$FREEBI = xTT ]; then
+  BUILDTYPE="-demo-dbg"
+fi
+
+UC_DMG=$APPNAME-$release_version${BUILDTYPE}${DMG_ARCH}.dmg
+
 VOLNAME=$APPNAME-$release_version
 
 MNTPATH=`mktemp -d -t ardourimg`
diff --git a/tools/x-win/package.sh b/tools/x-win/package.sh
index 08575d36db..7bfe773866 100755
--- a/tools/x-win/package.sh
+++ b/tools/x-win/package.sh
@@ -249,9 +249,27 @@ fi
 ### include static gdb - re-zipped binaries from
 ### http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Extension/gdb/gdb-7.6.1-1/gdb-7.6.1-1-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma
 ### http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/4.9.1/threads-win32/sjlj/x86_64-4.9.1-release-win32-sjlj-rt_v3-rev1.7z
-if ! grep " using ./waf configure" build/config.log | grep -q -- "--optimize"; then
+
+BUILDTYPE=""
+VERSIONINFO="Optimized Version."
+
+if [ "$DEBUG" = "T" ]; then
+  BUILDTYPE="-dbg"
 	PACKAGE_GDB=1
+	VERSIONINFO="Debug Build."
 fi
+if [ "$FREEBI" = "T" ]; then
+  BUILDTYPE="-demo"
+	VERSIONINFO="Optimized Demo Version."
+fi
+if [ "$DEBUG$FREEBI" = "TT" ]; then
+  BUILDTYPE="-demo-dbg"
+	PACKAGE_GDB=1
+	VERSIONINFO="Demo Version."
+fi
+
+OUTFILE="${TMPDIR}/${PRODUCT_NAME}-${ARDOURVERSION}${BUILDTYPE}-${WARCH}-Setup.exe"
+
 if test -n "$PACKAGE_GDB"; then
 	download gdb-static-win3264.tar.xz http://robin.linuxaudio.org/gdb-static-win3264.tar.xz
 	cd ${SRCCACHE}
@@ -264,11 +282,6 @@ if test -n "$PACKAGE_GDB"; then
 cd bin
 START ..\\gdb\\bin\\gdb.exe -iex "set logging overwrite on" -iex "set height 0" -iex "set logging on %UserProfile%\\${PRODUCT_NAME}-debug.log" -iex "target exec ${PRODUCT_EXE}" -iex "run"
 EOF
-	OUTFILE="${TMPDIR}/${PRODUCT_NAME}-${ARDOURVERSION}-dbg-${WARCH}-Setup.exe"
-	VERSIONINFO="Debug Version."
-else
-	OUTFILE="${TMPDIR}/${PRODUCT_NAME}-${ARDOURVERSION}-${WARCH}-Setup.exe"
-	VERSIONINFO="Optimized Version."
 fi
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 6b2979d9be..c0a8c80dc3 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -1477,7 +1477,6 @@ int main () { __int128 x = 0; return 0; }
         pass
     elif Options.options.dist_target != 'mingw':
         sub_config_and_use(conf, 'tools/sanity_check')
-        sub_config_and_use(conf, 'tools/gccabicheck')
 
     # explicitly link against libm. This is possible on all POSIX systems
     # and required on Linux for symbol versioning and ABI compatibility
@@ -1636,7 +1635,6 @@ def build(bld):
         pass
     elif bld.env['build_target'] != 'mingw':
         bld.recurse('tools/sanity_check')
-        bld.recurse('tools/gccabicheck')
 
         obj              = bld(features = 'subst')
         obj.source       = 'tools/avahi.sh'