--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1332,17 +1332,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
             # Jeremy Hylton's rlimit interface
             exts.append( Extension('resource', ['resource.c']) )
 
-            # Sun yellow pages. Some systems have the functions in libc.
-            if (host_platform not in ['cygwin', 'qnx6'] and
-                find_file('rpcsvc/yp_prot.h', inc_dirs, []) is not None):
-                if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'nsl')):
-                    libs = ['nsl']
-                else:
-                    libs = []
-                exts.append( Extension('nis', ['nismodule.c'],
-                                       libraries = libs) )
-            else:
-                missing.append('nis')
+            missing.append('nis')
         else:
             missing.extend(['nis', 'resource', 'termios'])