diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 73d9d7ef82b..a56bf17bc4f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14424,41 +14424,6 @@ esac
 enable_fonts=${enable_fonts:-no}
 fi
 
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for parport header/ppdev.h" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for parport header/ppdev.h... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_c_ppdev+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H
-# include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#endif
-#include <linux/ppdev.h>
-int
-main ()
-{
-ioctl (1,PPCLAIM,0)
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_c_ppdev="yes"
-else
-  ac_cv_c_ppdev="no"
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_c_ppdev" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_c_ppdev" >&6; }
-if test "$ac_cv_c_ppdev" = "yes"
-then
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_PPDEV 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-fi
-
 ac_wine_check_funcs_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="$LIBS $PTHREAD_LIBS"
 for ac_func in \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3e4b05816da..b05a0f540ad 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1579,18 +1579,6 @@ WINE_ERROR_WITH(freetype,[test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_freetype" = x],
                 [FreeType ${notice_platform}development files not found. Fonts will not be built.],
                 [enable_fonts])
 
-dnl **** Check for parport (currently Linux only) ****
-AC_CACHE_CHECK([for parport header/ppdev.h], ac_cv_c_ppdev,
- AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#ifdef HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H
-# include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#endif
-#include <linux/ppdev.h>]], [[ioctl (1,PPCLAIM,0)]])],
-    [ac_cv_c_ppdev="yes"],[ac_cv_c_ppdev="no"]))
-if test "$ac_cv_c_ppdev" = "yes"
-then
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PPDEV, 1, [Define if we can use ppdev.h for parallel port access])
-fi
-
 dnl **** Check for pthread functions ****
 WINE_CHECK_LIB_FUNCS(\
         pthread_getthreadid_np,
diff --git a/dlls/krnl386.exe16/ioports.c b/dlls/krnl386.exe16/ioports.c
index 5efc07efc7c..0700ae43a3d 100644
--- a/dlls/krnl386.exe16/ioports.c
+++ b/dlls/krnl386.exe16/ioports.c
@@ -35,18 +35,6 @@
 # include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PPDEV
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H
-# include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_IOCTL_H
-# include <linux/ioctl.h>
-#endif
-#include <linux/ppdev.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "windef.h"
 #include "winbase.h"
 #include "winnls.h"
@@ -168,11 +156,6 @@ static void IO_FixCMOSCheckSum(void)
 	TRACE("calculated hi %02x, lo %02x\n", cmosimage[0x2e], cmosimage[0x2f]);
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PPDEV
-static int do_pp_port_access = -1; /* -1: uninitialized, 1: not available
-				       0: available);*/
-#endif
-
 #define BCD2BIN(a) \
 ((a)%10 + ((a)>>4)%10*10 + ((a)>>8)%10*100 + ((a)>>12)%10*1000)
 #define BIN2BCD(a) \
@@ -254,291 +237,6 @@ static WORD get_timer_val(unsigned timer)
 }
 
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PPDEV
-
-typedef struct _PPDEVICESTRUCT{
-  int fd; /* NULL if device not available */
-  char *devicename;
-  int userbase; /* where wine thinks the ports are */
-  DWORD lastaccess; /* or NULL if release */
-  int timeout; /* time in second of inactivity to release the port */
-} PPDeviceStruct;
-
-static PPDeviceStruct PPDeviceList[5];
-static int PPDeviceNum=0;
-
-static int IO_pp_sort(const void *p1,const  void *p2)
-{
-    return ((const PPDeviceStruct*)p1)->userbase - ((const PPDeviceStruct*)p2)->userbase;
-}
-
-/* IO_pp_init
- *
- * Read the ppdev entries from registry, open the device and check
- * for necessary IOCTRL
- * Report verbose about possible errors
- */
-static char IO_pp_init(void)
-{
-    char name[80];
-    char buffer[256];
-    HANDLE root, hkey;
-    int i,idx=0,fd,res,userbase,nports=0;
-    char * timeout;
-    char ret=1;
-    int lasterror;
-    OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES attr;
-    UNICODE_STRING nameW;
-
-    static const WCHAR configW[] = {'S','o','f','t','w','a','r','e','\\',
-                                    'W','i','n','e','\\','V','D','M','\\','p','p','d','e','v',0};
-
-    TRACE("\n");
-
-    RtlOpenCurrentUser( KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &root );
-    attr.Length = sizeof(attr);
-    attr.RootDirectory = root;
-    attr.ObjectName = &nameW;
-    attr.Attributes = 0;
-    attr.SecurityDescriptor = NULL;
-    attr.SecurityQualityOfService = NULL;
-    RtlInitUnicodeString( &nameW, configW );
-
-    /* @@ Wine registry key: HKCU\Software\Wine\VDM\ppdev */
-    if (NtOpenKey( &hkey, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &attr )) hkey = 0;
-    NtClose( root );
-    if (!hkey) return 1;
-
-    for (;;)
-    {
-        DWORD total_size, len;
-        char temp[256];
-        KEY_VALUE_FULL_INFORMATION *info = (KEY_VALUE_FULL_INFORMATION *)temp;
-
-        if (NtEnumerateValueKey( hkey, idx, KeyValueFullInformation,
-                                 temp, sizeof(temp), &total_size )) break;
-        if (info->Type != REG_SZ) break;
-
-        RtlUnicodeToMultiByteN( name, sizeof(name)-1, &len, info->Name, info->NameLength );
-        name[len] = 0;
-        RtlUnicodeToMultiByteN( buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1, &len,
-                                (WCHAR *)(temp + info->DataOffset), total_size-info->DataOffset );
-        buffer[len] = 0;
-
-	idx++;
-	if(nports >4)
-	  {
-	    FIXME("Make the PPDeviceList larger than 5 elements\n");
-	    break;
-	  }
-	TRACE("Device '%s' at virtual userbase '%s'\n", buffer,name);
-	timeout = strchr(buffer,',');
-	if (timeout)
-	  *timeout++=0;
-	fd=open(buffer,O_RDWR);
-	lasterror=errno;
-	if (fd == -1)
-	  {
-	    WARN("Configuration: No access to %s Cause: %s\n",buffer,strerror(lasterror));
-	    WARN("Rejecting configuration item\n");
-	    if (lasterror == ENODEV)
-	      ERR("Is the ppdev module loaded?\n");
-	    continue;
-	  }
-        userbase = strtol(name, NULL, 16);
-	if ( errno == ERANGE)
-	  {
-	    WARN("Configuration: Invalid base %s for %s\n",name,buffer);
-	    WARN("Rejecting configuration item\n");
-	    continue;
-	  }
-	if (ioctl (fd,PPCLAIM,0))
-	  {
-	    ERR("PPCLAIM rejected %s\n",buffer);
-	    ERR("Perhaps the device is already in use or nonexistent\n");
-	    continue;
-	  }
-	if (nports > 0)
-	  {
-	    for (i=0; i<= nports; i++)
-	      {
-		if (PPDeviceList[i].userbase == userbase)
-		  {
-		    WARN("Configuration: %s uses the same virtual ports as %s\n",
-			 buffer,PPDeviceList[0].devicename);
-		    WARN("Configuration: Rejecting configuration item\n");
-		    userbase = 0;
-		    break;
-		  }
-	      }
-	    if (!userbase) continue;
-	  }
-	/* Check for the minimum required IOCTLS */
-	if ((ioctl(fd,PPRDATA,&res))||
-	    (ioctl(fd,PPRSTATUS,&res))||
-	    (ioctl(fd,PPRCONTROL,&res)))
-	  {
-	    ERR("PPUSER IOCTL not available for parport device %s\n",buffer);
-	    continue;
-	  }
-	if (ioctl (fd,PPRELEASE,0))
-	  {
-	    ERR("PPRELEASE rejected %s\n",buffer);
-	    ERR("Perhaps the device is already in use or nonexistent\n");
-	    continue;
-	  }
-	PPDeviceList[nports].devicename = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof(buffer)+1);
-	if (!PPDeviceList[nports].devicename)
-	  {
-	    ERR("No (more) space for devicename\n");
-	    break;
-	  }
-	strcpy(PPDeviceList[nports].devicename,buffer);
-	PPDeviceList[nports].fd = fd;
-	PPDeviceList[nports].userbase = userbase;
-	PPDeviceList[nports].lastaccess=GetTickCount();
-	if (timeout)
-	  {
-            PPDeviceList[nports].timeout = strtol(timeout, NULL, 10);
-	    if (errno == ERANGE)
-	      {
-		WARN("Configuration: Invalid timeout %s in configuration for %s, Setting to 0\n",
-		     timeout,buffer);
-		PPDeviceList[nports].timeout = 0;
-	      }
-	  }
-	else
-	  PPDeviceList[nports].timeout = 0;
-	nports++;
-    }
-    TRACE("found %d ports\n",nports);
-    NtClose( hkey );
-
-    PPDeviceNum= nports;
-    if (nports > 1)
-      /* sort in ascending order for userbase for faster access */
-      qsort (PPDeviceList,PPDeviceNum,sizeof(PPDeviceStruct),IO_pp_sort);
-
-    if (nports)
-      ret=0;
-    for (idx= 0;idx<PPDeviceNum; idx++)
-      TRACE("found device %s userbase %x fd %x timeout %d\n",
-	    PPDeviceList[idx].devicename, PPDeviceList[idx].userbase,
-	    PPDeviceList[idx].fd,PPDeviceList[idx].timeout);
-    /* FIXME:
-       register a timer callback perhaps every 30 seconds to release unused ports
-       Set lastaccess = 0 as indicator when port was released
-    */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/* IO_pp_do_access
- *
- * Do the actual IOCTL
- * Return NULL on success
- */
-static int IO_pp_do_access(int idx,int ppctl, DWORD* res)
-{
-  int ret;
-  if (ioctl(PPDeviceList[idx].fd,PPCLAIM,0))
-    {
-      ERR("Can't reclaim device %s, PPUSER/PPDEV handling confused\n",
-	  PPDeviceList[idx].devicename);
-      return 1;
-    }
-  ret = ioctl(PPDeviceList[idx].fd,ppctl,res);
-  if (ioctl(PPDeviceList[idx].fd,PPRELEASE,0))
-    {
-      ERR("Can't release device %s, PPUSER/PPDEV handling confused\n",
-	  PPDeviceList[idx].devicename);
-      return 1;
-    }
-  return ret;
-
-}
-
-/* IO_pp_inp
- *
- * Check if we can satisfy the INP command with some of the configured PPDEV device
- * Return NULL on success
- */
-static int IO_pp_inp(int port, DWORD* res)
-{
-    int idx,j=0;
-
-    for (idx=0;idx<PPDeviceNum ;idx++)
-      {
-       j = port - PPDeviceList[idx].userbase;
-       if (j <0) return 1;
-       switch (j)
-         {
-         case 0:
-           return IO_pp_do_access(idx,PPRDATA,res);
-         case 1:
-           return IO_pp_do_access(idx,PPRSTATUS,res);
-         case 2:
-           return IO_pp_do_access(idx,PPRCONTROL,res);
-         case 0x400:
-         case 0x402:
-         case 3:
-         case 4:
-         case 0x401:
-           FIXME("Port 0x%x not accessible for reading with ppdev\n",port);
-           FIXME("If this is causing problems, try direct port access\n");
-           return 1;
-         default:
-           break;
-         }
-      }
-    return 1;
-}
-
-/* IO_pp_outp
- *
- * Check if we can satisfy the OUTP command with some of the configured PPDEV device
- * Return NULL on success
- */
-static BOOL IO_pp_outp(int port, DWORD* res)
-{
-    int idx,j=0;
-
-    for (idx=0;idx<PPDeviceNum ;idx++)
-      {
-       j = port - PPDeviceList[idx].userbase;
-       if (j <0) return 1;
-       switch (j)
-         {
-         case 0:
-           return IO_pp_do_access(idx,PPWDATA,res);
-         case 2:
-	   {
-	     /* We can't switch port direction via PPWCONTROL,
-		so do it via PPDATADIR
-	     */
-	     DWORD mode = *res & 0x20;
-	     IO_pp_do_access(idx,PPDATADIR,&mode);
-	     mode = (*res & ~0x20);
-	     return IO_pp_do_access(idx,PPWCONTROL,&mode);
-	   }
-
-         case 1:
-         case 0x400:
-         case 0x402:
-         case 3:
-         case 4:
-         case 0x401:
-           FIXME("Port %d not accessible for writing with ppdev\n",port);
-           FIXME("If this is causing problems, try direct port access\n");
-           return 1;
-         default:
-           break;
-         }
-      }
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
-#endif  /* HAVE_PPDEV */
-
 
 /**********************************************************************
  *	    DOSVM_inport
@@ -554,14 +252,6 @@ DWORD DOSVM_inport( int port, int size )
 
     DOSMEM_InitDosMemory();
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PPDEV
-    if (do_pp_port_access == -1) do_pp_port_access =IO_pp_init();
-    if ((do_pp_port_access == 0 ) && (size == 1))
-    {
-        if (!IO_pp_inp(port,&res)) return res;
-    }
-#endif
-
     switch (port)
     {
     case 0x40:
@@ -649,14 +339,6 @@ void DOSVM_outport( int port, int size, DWORD value )
 
     DOSMEM_InitDosMemory();
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PPDEV
-    if (do_pp_port_access == -1) do_pp_port_access = IO_pp_init();
-    if ((do_pp_port_access == 0) && (size == 1))
-    {
-        if (!IO_pp_outp(port,&value)) return;
-    }
-#endif
-
     switch (port)
     {
     case 0x20:
diff --git a/include/config.h.in b/include/config.h.in
index 10149353878..d670f2b51a3 100644
--- a/include/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config.h.in
@@ -707,9 +707,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <port.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_PORT_H
 
-/* Define if we can use ppdev.h for parallel port access */
-#undef HAVE_PPDEV
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `prctl' function. */
 #undef HAVE_PRCTL