diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6f0bfeac..1ae717ae 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ elif [ $uname = "Linux" ] ; then
     linker_resolves_library_dependencies=1
     ldconfig_paths=$(/sbin/ldconfig -N -X -v 2>/dev/null | sed -n -e 's,^\(/.*\):\( (.*)\)\?$,\1,p')
     for path in $ldconfig_paths; do
-	echo "Checking $path compared to $libdir_expanded"
 	if [ "$path" = "$libdir_expanded" ]; then
 	    libdir_in_ldconfig=1
 	fi