diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c0fac322eb..1f42031b1d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3027,7 +3027,6 @@ echo "sysconfdir=$sysconfdir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_docdir=$qemu_docdir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_confdir=$qemu_confdir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "libexecdir=\${prefix}/libexec" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "CONFIG_QEMU_SHAREDIR=\"$prefix$datasuffix\"" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CONFIG_QEMU_HELPERDIR=\"$prefix/libexec\"" >> $config_host_mak
 
 echo "ARCH=$ARCH" >> $config_host_mak