diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 03569be663..64196cbfba 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -543,7 +543,6 @@ fstatat \
 malloc_usable_size \
 mkdirat \
 mtrace \
-openat \
 realpath \
 strlcpy
 ])