diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b154924d09..ba38a73906 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3183,7 +3183,6 @@ deinterlace_vaapi_filter_deps="vaapi"
 delogo_filter_deps="gpl"
 deshake_filter_select="pixelutils"
 drawtext_filter_deps="libfreetype"
-drawtext_filter_suggest="libfontconfig"
 elbg_filter_deps="avcodec"
 eq_filter_deps="gpl"
 fftfilt_filter_deps="avcodec"