diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 09376c835811cd868d4e455fba9a457f3090621a..274712e8c992893b5e8592846444142ded9c5e98 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -677,11 +677,6 @@ foreach (@argvcopy)
 			$user_cflags.=" ".$_;
 			}
 		}
-	elsif ($_ =~ /^([^:]+):(.+)$/)
-		{
-		eval "\$table{\$1} = \"$2\""; # allow $xxx constructs in the string
-		$target=$1;
-		}
 	else
 		{
 		die "target already defined - $target (offending arg: $_)\n" if ($target ne "");