diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2531c2bf97fd2c99526a191352690e1084dcce34..2b0ecaa7e7cb84f76f1c337560cc00b3bf1d36e8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -746,7 +746,6 @@ bigendian="no"
 # OS
 targetos=`uname -s`
 beos_netserver="no"
-mingw32="no"
 os2="no"
 wince="no"
 
@@ -1085,7 +1084,6 @@ case `tolower $targetos` in
     FFSERVERLDFLAGS=-Wl,-bind_at_load
     ;;
   mingw32*)
-    mingw32="yes"
     if enabled_all shared static; then
         cat <<EOF
 You can only build one library type at once on MinGW.