diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3deaf7c94e..0a141d1851 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 cflag_check -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer && cflags_no_omit_leaf_frame_pointer="-mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer"
-cflag_check -MD -MP && DEPFLAGS="-MD -MP $CFLAGS"
+cflag_check -MD -MP && DEPFLAGS="-MD -MP"
 
 
 if test -n "$LDFLAGS" ; then