diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1654413762341e3ee2218e4e416cff291db2b24a..e197b91b9b373d867ca7f87322e74a0cb9537b77 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3556,7 +3556,6 @@ echo "-> Your SDL version is too old - please upgrade to have SDL support"
 fi
 
 config_host_mak="config-host.mak"
-config_host_ld="config-host.ld"
 
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" >config-all-disas.mak
 
@@ -4071,7 +4070,7 @@ if test "$gcov" = "yes" ; then
 fi
 
 # generate list of library paths for linker script
-$ld --verbose -v 2> /dev/null | grep SEARCH_DIR > ${config_host_ld}
+$ld --verbose -v 2> /dev/null | grep SEARCH_DIR > config-host.ld
 
 # use included Linux headers
 if test "$linux" = "yes" ; then