diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5564475b1..3d702666c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(mount/mount.c)
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/)
 
 AC_PROG_CC_STDC
-AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl)