diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolutil/gnu_getopt.c b/dtool/src/dtoolutil/gnu_getopt.c
index 8b8eb02dcc..80bd53c90c 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolutil/gnu_getopt.c
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolutil/gnu_getopt.c
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
    program understand `configure --with-gnu-libc' and omit the object files,
    it is simpler to just do this in the source for each such file.  */
 
-#if defined (_LIBC) || !defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
+/* Actually, we may need to compile this anyway, even on a gnu platform. */
+#if 1 /* defined (_LIBC) || !defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__) */
 
 
 /* This needs to come after some library #include
diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolutil/gnu_getopt1.c b/dtool/src/dtoolutil/gnu_getopt1.c
index bb2a032e41..5f10bff774 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolutil/gnu_getopt1.c
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolutil/gnu_getopt1.c
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
    program understand `configure --with-gnu-libc' and omit the object files,
    it is simpler to just do this in the source for each such file.  */
 
-#if defined (_LIBC) || !defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
+/* Actually, we may need to compile this anyway, even on a gnu platform. */
+#if 1 /* defined (_LIBC) || !defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__) */
 
 
 /* This needs to come after some library #include