diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2bfde4fc4a..f750f6edf7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7692,9 +7692,6 @@ $_def_fast_inttypes
 #define HAVE_MEMCPY 1
 #define HAVE_STRCHR 1
 
-/* use GNU internationalization */
-$_def_i18n
-
 /* name of messages charset */
 $_def_charset