diff -ru cddb.orig/lib/cddb_net.c cddb/lib/cddb_net.c
--- cddb.orig/lib/cddb_net.c	2011-11-05 18:21:42.000000000 +0200
+++ cddb/lib/cddb_net.c	2011-11-05 18:22:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -228,46 +228,9 @@
 
 /* Time-out enabled work-alikes */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ALARM
-/* time-out jump buffer */
-static jmp_buf timeout_expired;
-
-/* time-out signal handler */
-static void alarm_handler(int signum)
-{
-    longjmp(timeout_expired, 1);
-}
-#endif
-
 struct hostent *timeout_gethostbyname(const char *hostname, int timeout)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_ALARM
-    struct hostent *he = NULL;
-    struct sigaction action;
-    struct sigaction old;
-
-    /* no signal before setjmp */
-    alarm(0);
-
-    /* register signal handler */
-    memset(&action, 0, sizeof(action));
-    action.sa_handler = alarm_handler;
-    sigaction(SIGALRM, &action, &old);
-
-    /* save stack state */
-    if (!setjmp(timeout_expired)) {
-        alarm(timeout);         /* set time-out alarm */
-        he = gethostbyname(hostname); /* execute DNS query */
-        alarm(0);               /* reset alarm timer */
-    } else {
-        errno = ETIMEDOUT;
-    }
-    sigaction(SIGALRM, &old, NULL); /* restore previous signal handler */
-
-    return he;
-#else
     return gethostbyname(hostname); /* execute DNS query directly */
-#endif
 }
 
 int timeout_connect(int sockfd, const struct sockaddr *addr,