diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d67029569e..a3ca15d6d5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2305,6 +2305,7 @@ case $target_os in
     haiku)
         prefix_default="/boot/common"
         network_extralibs="-lnetwork"
+        host_libs=
         ;;
     sunos)
         FFSERVERLDFLAGS=""