diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index af88ff1..99463f8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ src/Makefile
 utils/Makefile
 ])
 
-LDFLAGS=""
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 test/Makefile
 test/test.allgather/Makefile