diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dcfae4d50c7ce4b04a057a2a489851812145ac92..28ecb7caeb6de1e34a35846cee38f36458950dcb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1254,7 +1254,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS( strtoll \
                 strdup \
                 strstr \
                 strtok_r \
-                strftime \
                 uname \
                 strcasecmp \
                 stricmp \