diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fbea75e877..d685275c61 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3899,8 +3899,6 @@ else
   echo "AUTOCONF_HOST := "                             >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 echo "LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "ARLIBS_BEGIN=$arlibs_begin" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "ARLIBS_END=$arlibs_end" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LIBS+=$LIBS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LIBS_TOOLS+=$libs_tools" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak