diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6d53530fda..11c30db860 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2433,7 +2433,6 @@ ffplay_select="rdft crop_filter"
 ffprobe_deps="avcodec avformat"
 ffserver_deps="avformat fork sarestart"
 ffserver_select="ffm_muxer rtp_protocol rtsp_demuxer"
-ffserver_extralibs='$ldl'
 
 # documentation
 podpages_deps="perl"