diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ccd2bf7c..bb8a0698 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -453,7 +453,6 @@ has_or_abort prog=patch
 has_or_abort prog=tar
 has_or_abort prog=gzip
 has_or_abort prog=bzip2
-has_or_abort prog=lzma
 has_or_abort prog=readlink
 has_or_abort prog=objcopy var=objcopy
 has_or_abort prog=objdump var=objdump