diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c932e0f26..0c115b593 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -323,19 +323,10 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([hmac],
     [ ENABLED_HMAC=yes ]
     )
 
-# enable HMAC hash copying automatically for x86_64 and aarch64 (except Linux kernel module)
-HMAC_COPY_DEFAULT=no
-if test "$ENABLED_LINUXKM_DEFAULTS" = "no"
-then
-    if test "$host_cpu" = "x86_64" || test "$host_cpu" = "aarch64" || test "$host_cpu" = "amd64"
-    then
-        HMAC_COPY_DEFAULT=yes
-    fi
-fi
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([hmac-copy],
     [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-hmac-copy],[Enables digest copying implementation for HMAC (default: disabled)])],
     [ ENABLED_HMAC_COPY=$enableval ],
-    [ ENABLED_HMAC_COPY=$HMAC_COPY_DEFAULT ]
+    [ ENABLED_HMAC_COPY=no ]
     )
 if test "$ENABLED_HMAC_COPY" = "yes"
 then