diff --git a/legacy/eina/configure.ac b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
index da060f7352..f1c86a3feb 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ EFL_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
 
 have_wince="no"
 have_win32="no"
-EINA_CFLAGS=""
 case "$host_os" in
    mingw32ce*)
       EINA_CFLAGS="${EVIL_CFLAGS}"