diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7f0eed81632..78e8bcb5ea0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ host_tools="texinfo byacc flex bison binutils ld gas gcc gdb make patch
 	    prms send-pr gprof gdbtest tgas etc expect dejagnu sim
             m4 autoconf ispell grep diff rcs cvs fileutils shellutils
 	    textutils wdiff find emacs uudecode hello tar gzip indent
-	    recode release sed utils newlib"
+	    recode release sed utils"
 
 
 # these libraries are built for the target environment, and are built after