diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 269382a3985781bbb61d90a668783210fb1f1e83..e17281ea6b12a36d1cecc334dbf07cefa13b7737 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4104,17 +4104,8 @@ 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}
 
-if test -f ${config_host_ld}~ ; then
-  if cmp -s $config_host_ld ${config_host_ld}~ ; then
-    mv ${config_host_ld}~ $config_host_ld
-  else
-    rm ${config_host_ld}~
-  fi
-fi
-
 # use included Linux headers
 if test "$linux" = "yes" ; then
   mkdir -p linux-headers