diff --git a/src/runtime/c/configure.ac b/src/runtime/c/configure.ac
index 979e50818..c9a1a2f07 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/configure.ac
+++ b/src/runtime/c/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(m,nan)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(rt,nan)
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_PROG_CXX
 
 LT_INIT