diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index 32c3b97f8..9f4869f5b 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ AC_SUBST(LTLIBOBJS)
 
 dnl AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS has to be done before KDE_CREATE_SUBDIRSLIST
 if test -f kdvi/kpathsea/configure; then
-  touch kdvi/kpathsea/configure
   AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([kdvi/kpathsea])
 fi