diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ae717ae..1d93b2e4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ then
     rpath_ldflags="-Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath,\$(libdir)"
 else
     printf "No (nothing to worry about).\n"
+    rpath_ldflags=""
 fi
 
 WARN_CXXFLAGS=""