diff -up preprocessCore/preprocessCore/configure.in.openblas preprocessCore/preprocessCore/configure.in
--- preprocessCore/preprocessCore/configure.in.openblas	2020-02-18 13:14:13.517144650 -0500
+++ preprocessCore/preprocessCore/configure.in	2020-02-18 13:14:26.323909430 -0500
@@ -55,14 +55,6 @@ if test "x$use_pthread_stack_min" = xno;
 fi
 
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if R is using openblas])
-BLAS_LIBS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config BLAS_LIBS`
-if echo "${BLAS_LIBS}" | grep openblas > /dev/null; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([openblas found. preprocessCore threading will be disabled])
-    use_pthreads=no
-else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([openblas not found. preprocessCore threading will not be disabled])
-fi
 
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([threading],
diff -up preprocessCore/preprocessCore/configure.openblas preprocessCore/preprocessCore/configure
--- preprocessCore/preprocessCore/configure.openblas	2020-02-18 13:14:35.645738217 -0500
+++ preprocessCore/preprocessCore/configure	2020-02-18 13:14:47.941512382 -0500
@@ -3338,18 +3338,6 @@ if test "x$use_pthread_stack_min" = xno;
 fi
 
 
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if R is using openblas" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking if R is using openblas... " >&6; }
-BLAS_LIBS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config BLAS_LIBS`
-if echo "${BLAS_LIBS}" | grep openblas > /dev/null; then
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: openblas found. preprocessCore threading will be disabled" >&5
-$as_echo "openblas found. preprocessCore threading will be disabled" >&6; }
-    use_pthreads=no
-else
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: openblas not found. preprocessCore threading will not be disabled" >&5
-$as_echo "openblas not found. preprocessCore threading will not be disabled" >&6; }
-fi
-
 
 # Check whether --enable-threading was given.
 if test "${enable_threading+set}" = set; then :