diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e53c705d71..9cb49ddf67 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7788,8 +7788,7 @@ done
 
 
 
-
-for ac_header in crypt.h dld.h endian.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h langinfo.h poll.h pwd.h sys/ipc.h sys/poll.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/socket.h sys/shm.h sys/time.h sys/un.h termios.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h kernel/OS.h kernel/image.h SupportDefs.h
+for ac_header in crypt.h dld.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h langinfo.h poll.h pwd.h sys/ipc.h sys/poll.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/socket.h sys/shm.h sys/time.h sys/un.h termios.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h kernel/OS.h kernel/image.h SupportDefs.h
 do
 as_ac_Header=`echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_Header+set}\" = set"; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9f7bf314d5..c2949fe26e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.508 2007/04/06 04:21:41 tgl Exp $
+dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.509 2007/04/06 05:36:50 tgl Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ fi
 ##
 
 dnl sys/socket.h is required by AC_FUNC_ACCEPT_ARGTYPES
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([crypt.h dld.h endian.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h langinfo.h poll.h pwd.h sys/ipc.h sys/poll.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/socket.h sys/shm.h sys/time.h sys/un.h termios.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h kernel/OS.h kernel/image.h SupportDefs.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([crypt.h dld.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h langinfo.h poll.h pwd.h sys/ipc.h sys/poll.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/socket.h sys/shm.h sys/time.h sys/un.h termios.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h kernel/OS.h kernel/image.h SupportDefs.h])
 
 # At least on IRIX, cpp test for netinet/tcp.h will fail unless
 # netinet/in.h is included first.
diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-blowfish.c b/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-blowfish.c
index f8bd00e2da..f951f2c411 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-blowfish.c
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-blowfish.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-blowfish.c,v 1.11 2006/03/11 04:38:30 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-blowfish.c,v 1.12 2007/04/06 05:36:50 tgl Exp $
  *
  * This code comes from John the Ripper password cracker, with reentrant
  * and crypt(3) interfaces added, but optimizations specific to password
@@ -436,19 +436,19 @@ BF_encode(char *dst, const BF_word * src, int size)
 }
 
 static void
-BF_swap(BF_word * x, int count)
+BF_swap(BF_word *x, int count)
 {
-	static int	endianness_check = 1;
-	char	   *is_little_endian = (char *) &endianness_check;
+	/* Swap on little-endian hardware, else do nothing */
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	BF_word		tmp;
 
-	if (*is_little_endian)
-		do
-		{
-			tmp = *x;
-			tmp = (tmp << 16) | (tmp >> 16);
-			*x++ = ((tmp & 0x00FF00FF) << 8) | ((tmp >> 8) & 0x00FF00FF);
-		} while (--count);
+	do
+	{
+		tmp = *x;
+		tmp = (tmp << 16) | (tmp >> 16);
+		*x++ = ((tmp & 0x00FF00FF) << 8) | ((tmp >> 8) & 0x00FF00FF);
+	} while (--count);
+#endif
 }
 
 #if BF_SCALE
diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/md5.c b/contrib/pgcrypto/md5.c
index 483ea311be..851c5c888b 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/md5.c
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/md5.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/md5.c,v 1.13 2005/07/11 15:07:59 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/md5.c,v 1.14 2007/04/06 05:36:50 tgl Exp $
  */
 
 #include "postgres.h"
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@
 #include "px.h"
 #include "md5.h"
 
-/* sanity check */
-#if !defined(BYTE_ORDER) || (BYTE_ORDER != LITTLE_ENDIAN && BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN)
-#error Define BYTE_ORDER to be equal to either LITTLE_ENDIAN or BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
-
 #define SHIFT(X, s) (((X) << (s)) | ((X) >> (32 - (s))))
 
 #define F(X, Y, Z) (((X) & (Y)) | ((~X) & (Z)))
@@ -201,10 +196,9 @@ md5_pad(md5_ctxt * ctxt)
 	}
 
 	/* 8 byte word */
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	memmove(&ctxt->md5_buf[56], &ctxt->md5_n8[0], 8);
-#endif
-#if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+#else
 	ctxt->md5_buf[56] = ctxt->md5_n8[7];
 	ctxt->md5_buf[57] = ctxt->md5_n8[6];
 	ctxt->md5_buf[58] = ctxt->md5_n8[5];
@@ -222,10 +216,9 @@ void
 md5_result(uint8 *digest, md5_ctxt * ctxt)
 {
 	/* 4 byte words */
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	memmove(digest, &ctxt->md5_st8[0], 16);
-#endif
-#if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+#else
 	digest[0] = ctxt->md5_st8[3];
 	digest[1] = ctxt->md5_st8[2];
 	digest[2] = ctxt->md5_st8[1];
@@ -245,7 +238,7 @@ md5_result(uint8 *digest, md5_ctxt * ctxt)
 #endif
 }
 
-#if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 static uint32 X[16];
 #endif
 
@@ -257,10 +250,9 @@ md5_calc(uint8 *b64, md5_ctxt * ctxt)
 	uint32		C = ctxt->md5_stc;
 	uint32		D = ctxt->md5_std;
 
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	uint32	   *X = (uint32 *) b64;
-#endif
-#if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+#else
 	/* 4 byte words */
 	/* what a brute force but fast! */
 	uint8	   *y = (uint8 *) X;
diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/px.h b/contrib/pgcrypto/px.h
index bf53ec0e65..412728e53d 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/px.h
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/px.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/px.h,v 1.16 2005/10/15 02:49:06 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/px.h,v 1.17 2007/04/06 05:36:50 tgl Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __PX_H
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_ENDIAN_H
-#include <endian.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifndef BYTE_ORDER
-#error BYTE_ORDER must be defined as LITTLE_ENDIAN or BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
 
 /* keep debug messages? */
 #define PX_DEBUG
diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/rijndael.c b/contrib/pgcrypto/rijndael.c
index c75f1d1d71..97f97bd543 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/rijndael.c
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/rijndael.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*	$OpenBSD: rijndael.c,v 1.6 2000/12/09 18:51:34 markus Exp $ */
 
-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/rijndael.c,v 1.12 2005/10/15 02:49:06 momjian Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/rijndael.c,v 1.13 2007/04/06 05:36:50 tgl Exp $ */
 
 /* This is an independent implementation of the encryption algorithm:	*/
 /*																		*/
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ Mean:		   500 cycles =    51.2 mbits/sec
 #include "px.h"
 #include "rijndael.h"
 
-/* sanity check */
-#if !defined(BYTE_ORDER) || (BYTE_ORDER != LITTLE_ENDIAN && BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN)
-#error Define BYTE_ORDER to be equal to either LITTLE_ENDIAN or BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
-
-
 #define PRE_CALC_TABLES
 #define LARGE_TABLES
 
@@ -73,11 +67,7 @@ static void gen_tabs(void);
 
 #define byte(x,n)	((u1byte)((x) >> (8 * (n))))
 
-#if BYTE_ORDER != LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define BYTE_SWAP
-#endif
-
-#ifdef	BYTE_SWAP
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 #define io_swap(x)	bswap(x)
 #else
 #define io_swap(x)	(x)
diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/sha1.c b/contrib/pgcrypto/sha1.c
index 0944dfdabe..45339a1235 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/sha1.c
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/sha1.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/sha1.c,v 1.16 2005/07/11 15:07:59 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/sha1.c,v 1.17 2007/04/06 05:36:50 tgl Exp $
  */
 /*
  * FIPS pub 180-1: Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1)
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@
 #include "px.h"
 #include "sha1.h"
 
-/* sanity check */
-#if !defined(BYTE_ORDER) || (BYTE_ORDER != LITTLE_ENDIAN && BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN)
-#error Define BYTE_ORDER to be equal to either LITTLE_ENDIAN or BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
-
 /* constant table */
 static uint32 _K[] = {0x5a827999, 0x6ed9eba1, 0x8f1bbcdc, 0xca62c1d6};
 
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@ sha1_step(struct sha1_ctxt * ctxt)
 				s;
 	uint32		tmp;
 
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	struct sha1_ctxt tctxt;
 
 	memmove(&tctxt.m.b8[0], &ctxt->m.b8[0], 64);
@@ -264,7 +259,7 @@ sha1_pad(struct sha1_ctxt * ctxt)
 	memset(&ctxt->m.b8[padstart], 0, padlen - 8);
 	COUNT += (padlen - 8);
 	COUNT %= 64;
-#if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	PUTPAD(ctxt->c.b8[0]);
 	PUTPAD(ctxt->c.b8[1]);
 	PUTPAD(ctxt->c.b8[2]);
@@ -320,7 +315,7 @@ sha1_result(struct sha1_ctxt * ctxt, uint8 *digest0)
 
 	digest = (uint8 *) digest0;
 	sha1_pad(ctxt);
-#if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	memmove(digest, &ctxt->h.b8[0], 20);
 #else
 	digest[0] = ctxt->h.b8[3];
diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/sha2.c b/contrib/pgcrypto/sha2.c
index 31623fb9a6..e25f35acde 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/sha2.c
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/sha2.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  *
  * $From: sha2.c,v 1.1 2001/11/08 00:01:51 adg Exp adg $
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/sha2.c,v 1.8 2006/10/04 00:29:46 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/sha2.c,v 1.9 2007/04/06 05:36:50 tgl Exp $
  */
 
 #include "postgres.h"
@@ -56,40 +56,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-
-/*** SHA-256/384/512 Machine Architecture Definitions *****************/
-/*
- * BYTE_ORDER NOTE:
- *
- * Please make sure that your system defines BYTE_ORDER.  If your
- * architecture is little-endian, make sure it also defines
- * LITTLE_ENDIAN and that the two (BYTE_ORDER and LITTLE_ENDIAN) are
- * equivilent.
- *
- * If your system does not define the above, then you can do so by
- * hand like this:
- *
- *	 #define LITTLE_ENDIAN 1234
- *	 #define BIG_ENDIAN    4321
- *
- * And for little-endian machines, add:
- *
- *	 #define BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN
- *
- * Or for big-endian machines:
- *
- *	 #define BYTE_ORDER BIG_ENDIAN
- *
- * The FreeBSD machine this was written on defines BYTE_ORDER
- * appropriately by including <sys/types.h> (which in turn includes
- * <machine/endian.h> where the appropriate definitions are actually
- * made).
- */
-#if !defined(BYTE_ORDER) || (BYTE_ORDER != LITTLE_ENDIAN && BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN)
-#error Define BYTE_ORDER to be equal to either LITTLE_ENDIAN or BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
-
-
 /*** SHA-256/384/512 Various Length Definitions ***********************/
 /* NOTE: Most of these are in sha2.h */
 #define SHA256_SHORT_BLOCK_LENGTH	(SHA256_BLOCK_LENGTH - 8)
@@ -98,7 +64,7 @@
 
 
 /*** ENDIAN REVERSAL MACROS *******************************************/
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 #define REVERSE32(w,x)	{ \
 	uint32 tmp = (w); \
 	tmp = (tmp >> 16) | (tmp << 16); \
@@ -112,7 +78,7 @@
 	(x) = ((tmp & 0xffff0000ffff0000ULL) >> 16) | \
 		  ((tmp & 0x0000ffff0000ffffULL) << 16); \
 }
-#endif   /* BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN */
+#endif /* not bigendian */
 
 /*
  * Macro for incrementally adding the unsigned 64-bit integer n to the
@@ -539,7 +505,7 @@ SHA256_Last(SHA256_CTX * context)
 	unsigned int usedspace;
 
 	usedspace = (context->bitcount >> 3) % SHA256_BLOCK_LENGTH;
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	/* Convert FROM host byte order */
 	REVERSE64(context->bitcount, context->bitcount);
 #endif
@@ -589,7 +555,7 @@ SHA256_Final(uint8 digest[], SHA256_CTX * context)
 	{
 		SHA256_Last(context);
 
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 		{
 			/* Convert TO host byte order */
 			int			j;
@@ -865,7 +831,7 @@ SHA512_Last(SHA512_CTX * context)
 	unsigned int usedspace;
 
 	usedspace = (context->bitcount[0] >> 3) % SHA512_BLOCK_LENGTH;
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	/* Convert FROM host byte order */
 	REVERSE64(context->bitcount[0], context->bitcount[0]);
 	REVERSE64(context->bitcount[1], context->bitcount[1]);
@@ -918,7 +884,7 @@ SHA512_Final(uint8 digest[], SHA512_CTX * context)
 		SHA512_Last(context);
 
 		/* Save the hash data for output: */
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 		{
 			/* Convert TO host byte order */
 			int			j;
@@ -963,7 +929,7 @@ SHA384_Final(uint8 digest[], SHA384_CTX * context)
 		SHA512_Last((SHA512_CTX *) context);
 
 		/* Save the hash data for output: */
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 		{
 			/* Convert TO host byte order */
 			int			j;
@@ -1006,7 +972,7 @@ SHA224_Final(uint8 digest[], SHA224_CTX * context)
 	{
 		SHA256_Last(context);
 
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 		{
 			/* Convert TO host byte order */
 			int			j;
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c b/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c
index c81dfa5b22..606bb14a69 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2007, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c,v 1.44 2007/02/27 23:48:07 tgl Exp $
+ *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c,v 1.45 2007/04/06 05:36:50 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_ENDIAN_H
-#include <endian.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "libpq/libpq.h"
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
@@ -312,20 +309,16 @@ pq_sendfloat8(StringInfo buf, float8 f)
 	swap.h[0] = htonl(swap.h[0]);
 	swap.h[1] = htonl(swap.h[1]);
 
-	/* Have to figure out endianness by testing... */
-	if (((uint32) 1) == htonl((uint32) 1))
-	{
-		/* machine seems to be big-endian, send h[0] first */
-		appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, (char *) &swap.h[0], 4);
-		appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, (char *) &swap.h[1], 4);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		/* machine seems to be little-endian, send h[1] first */
-		appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, (char *) &swap.h[1], 4);
-		appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, (char *) &swap.h[0], 4);
-	}
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+	/* machine seems to be big-endian, send h[0] first */
+	appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, (char *) &swap.h[0], 4);
+	appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, (char *) &swap.h[1], 4);
 #else
+	/* machine seems to be little-endian, send h[1] first */
+	appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, (char *) &swap.h[1], 4);
+	appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, (char *) &swap.h[0], 4);
+#endif
+#else  /* INT64 works */
 	union
 	{
 		float8		f;
@@ -549,21 +542,17 @@ pq_getmsgfloat8(StringInfo msg)
 		uint32		h[2];
 	}			swap;
 
-	/* Have to figure out endianness by testing... */
-	if (((uint32) 1) == htonl((uint32) 1))
-	{
-		/* machine seems to be big-endian, receive h[0] first */
-		swap.h[0] = pq_getmsgint(msg, 4);
-		swap.h[1] = pq_getmsgint(msg, 4);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		/* machine seems to be little-endian, receive h[1] first */
-		swap.h[1] = pq_getmsgint(msg, 4);
-		swap.h[0] = pq_getmsgint(msg, 4);
-	}
-	return swap.f;
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+	/* machine seems to be big-endian, receive h[0] first */
+	swap.h[0] = pq_getmsgint(msg, 4);
+	swap.h[1] = pq_getmsgint(msg, 4);
 #else
+	/* machine seems to be little-endian, receive h[1] first */
+	swap.h[1] = pq_getmsgint(msg, 4);
+	swap.h[0] = pq_getmsgint(msg, 4);
+#endif
+	return swap.f;
+#else  /* INT64 works */
 	union
 	{
 		float8		f;
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index 35c1be6f9c..b76dcd874f 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <editline/readline.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_EDITLINE_READLINE_H
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <endian.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_ENDIAN_H
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `fcvt' function. */
 #undef HAVE_FCVT
 
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.win32 b/src/include/pg_config.h.win32
index 9f3c1ac869..a8f489d91d 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.win32
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.win32
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <editline/readline.h> header file. */
 /* #undef HAVE_EDITLINE_READLINE_H */
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <endian.h> header file. */
-/* #undef HAVE_ENDIAN_H */
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `fcvt' function. */
 #define HAVE_FCVT 1
 
diff --git a/src/include/port/aix.h b/src/include/port/aix.h
index 0fde5763b8..5ce3d29a11 100644
--- a/src/include/port/aix.h
+++ b/src/include/port/aix.h
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 #define CLASS_CONFLICT
 #define DISABLE_XOPEN_NLS
-
-#include <sys/machine.h>		/* ENDIAN definitions for network
-								 * communication */
diff --git a/src/include/port/dgux.h b/src/include/port/dgux.h
index 73096530f2..43ccbbbe53 100644
--- a/src/include/port/dgux.h
+++ b/src/include/port/dgux.h
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/dgux.h,v 1.10 2006/03/11 04:38:38 momjian Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/dgux.h,v 1.11 2007/04/06 05:36:51 tgl Exp $ */
 
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		BIG_ENDIAN
-
-#endif
+/* nothing needed */
diff --git a/src/include/port/hpux.h b/src/include/port/hpux.h
index 6c8cdeb2fb..dc48e6dc14 100644
--- a/src/include/port/hpux.h
+++ b/src/include/port/hpux.h
@@ -1,27 +1,3 @@
-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/hpux.h,v 1.23 2006/03/11 04:38:38 momjian Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/hpux.h,v 1.24 2007/04/06 05:36:51 tgl Exp $ */
 
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-
-#if defined(__hppa)
-
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
-#elif defined(__ia64)
-
-/* HPUX runs IA64 in big-endian mode */
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
-#else
-#error unrecognized CPU type for HP-UX
-
-#endif
+/* nothing needed */
diff --git a/src/include/port/sco.h b/src/include/port/sco.h
index b4e975c89d..2f05116d3e 100644
--- a/src/include/port/sco.h
+++ b/src/include/port/sco.h
@@ -2,17 +2,3 @@
 #define SCO_ACCEPT_BUG
 
 #define USE_UNIVEL_CC
-
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		LITTLE_ENDIAN
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/include/port/solaris.h b/src/include/port/solaris.h
index e13af401e3..3fd0fdbbdc 100644
--- a/src/include/port/solaris.h
+++ b/src/include/port/solaris.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/solaris.h,v 1.15 2007/01/10 18:22:50 tgl Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/solaris.h,v 1.16 2007/04/06 05:36:51 tgl Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Sort this out for all operating systems some time.  The __xxx
@@ -25,28 +25,6 @@
 #include <sys/isa_defs.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#ifdef __sparc__
-#define		  BYTE_ORDER	  BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
-#ifdef __i386__
-#define		 BYTE_ORDER		 LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#endif
-#if defined(__amd64___) || defined(__x86_64__)
-#define		 BYTE_ORDER		 LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#endif
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Many versions of Solaris have broken strtod() --- see bug #4751182.
  * This has been fixed in current versions of Solaris:
diff --git a/src/include/port/sunos4.h b/src/include/port/sunos4.h
index f7545fc6fa..48fdbffb91 100644
--- a/src/include/port/sunos4.h
+++ b/src/include/port/sunos4.h
@@ -1,16 +1,2 @@
 /* sprintf() returns char *, not int, on SunOS 4.1.x */
 #define SPRINTF_CHAR
-
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		BIG_ENDIAN
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/include/port/svr4.h b/src/include/port/svr4.h
index 2c38612c4d..7366299b8a 100644
--- a/src/include/port/svr4.h
+++ b/src/include/port/svr4.h
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#ifdef			MIPSEB
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		BIG_ENDIAN
-#endif
+/* $PostgreSQL */
 
-#endif
+/* nothing needed */
diff --git a/src/include/port/ultrix4.h b/src/include/port/ultrix4.h
index c199afcbea..7df0abc34d 100644
--- a/src/include/port/ultrix4.h
+++ b/src/include/port/ultrix4.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 #define NOFIXADE
 #define NEED_STRDUP
 
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Except for those system calls and library functions that are either
  * - covered by the C standard library and Posix.1
diff --git a/src/include/port/univel.h b/src/include/port/univel.h
index d94e7f263b..ca054166d1 100644
--- a/src/include/port/univel.h
+++ b/src/include/port/univel.h
@@ -3,17 +3,3 @@
  * the native UNIXWARE C compiler.
  ***************************************/
 #define USE_UNIVEL_CC
-
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		LITTLE_ENDIAN
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/include/port/unixware.h b/src/include/port/unixware.h
index aef4716698..6cddddac2e 100644
--- a/src/include/port/unixware.h
+++ b/src/include/port/unixware.h
@@ -6,17 +6,3 @@
  * the native UNIXWARE C compiler.
  ***************************************/
 #define USE_UNIVEL_CC
-
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-#ifndef			BYTE_ORDER
-#define			BYTE_ORDER		LITTLE_ENDIAN
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/include/port/win32.h b/src/include/port/win32.h
index 96eaa57cf6..fcf995ef8c 100644
--- a/src/include/port/win32.h
+++ b/src/include/port/win32.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/win32.h,v 1.73 2007/03/23 08:30:55 mha Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/win32.h,v 1.74 2007/04/06 05:36:51 tgl Exp $ */
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__BORLANDC__)
 #define WIN32_ONLY_COMPILER
@@ -299,20 +299,6 @@ typedef unsigned short mode_t;
 #define isinf(x) ((_fpclass(x) == _FPCLASS_PINF) || (_fpclass(x) == _FPCLASS_NINF))
 #define isnan(x) _isnan(x)
 
-#ifndef			BIG_ENDIAN
-#define			BIG_ENDIAN		4321
-#endif
-#ifndef			LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define			LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
-#endif
-#ifndef			PDP_ENDIAN
-#define			PDP_ENDIAN		3412
-#endif
-
-#ifndef BYTE_ORDER
-#define BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#endif
-
 /* Pulled from Makefile.port in mingw */
 #define DLSUFFIX ".dll"