diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0af8f3c7e5..c7d73325db 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -734,7 +734,6 @@ is_in(){
 
 do_check_deps(){
     for cfg; do
-        cfg="${cfg#!}"
         enabled ${cfg}_checking && die "Circular dependency for $cfg."
         disabled ${cfg}_checking && continue
         enable ${cfg}_checking