diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 1ef315ca07ca1b3cc52c4ec4570ed0cf42aa3622..4dcfcd0422370e9c651998d9587d5bb31fb1bbeb 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -3539,7 +3539,7 @@ else
 fi
 done
 
-for ac_hdr in netinet/in.h string.h strings.h
+for ac_hdr in netinet/in.h
 do
 ac_safe=`echo "$ac_hdr" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_hdr""... $ac_c" 1>&6