diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f28480b9..a5ee77b7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -722,18 +722,7 @@ AC_CHECK_MEMBER(struct cmsghdr.cmsg_len,
 #include <unistd.h>
        ])
 
-
-dnl There seems to be a problem with Apple and decriptor passing.
-dnl Until we found a solution we change the default to no.
-dnl See bug 1483.
-case "${host}" in
-    *-apple-darwin*)
-      use_descriptor_passing=no
-      ;;
-    *)
-      use_descriptor_passing=yes
-      ;;
-esac
+use_descriptor_passing=yes
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(fd-passing,
   AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-fd-passing], [do not use FD passing]),
   use_descriptor_passing=$enableval)