diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 45ee0123a4b..555548c2feb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -681,7 +681,6 @@ do
     fi
     CONFIGURE_SCRIPT="${CFG_SRC_DIR}src/${i}/configure"
     CONFIGURE_ARGS=""
-    ENV_VARS=""
     ENABLE_DEBUG="$CFG_ENABLE_DEBUG"
 
     case $i in