diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9f0bc57546..d808e57b76 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
   EXESUF=".exe"
   # MinGW needs -mthreads for TLS and macro _MT.
   CONFIGURE_CFLAGS="-mthreads $CONFIGURE_CFLAGS"
-  write_c_skeleton;
   prefix="/qemu"
   bindir=""
   qemu_suffix=""