diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e02b6520..7d7769e4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ has_or_abort prog=automake
 has_or_abort prog=libtool                                                                           \
              ver='\(GNU libtool.*\) (2[[:digit:]]*\.|1\.6[[:digit:]]*\.|1\.5\.[2-9][[:digit:]]+)'   \
              err="'libtool' 1.5.26 or above was not found"
-has_or_abort prog=stat ver='GNU coreutils'
+has_or_abort prog=stat
 has_or_abort prog="aria2c curl wget"
 has_or_abort prog=cvs
 has_or_abort prog=patch