diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7807b68..6a8e705 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gcfuse], [0.9.1])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Wall `getconf LFS_CFLAGS`"
 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS `getconf LFS_LDFLAGS`"