diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b7bed6b5c..1ff9e528c2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -702,8 +702,6 @@ fi
 
 GLIB_MAKEFILE='$(top_srcdir)/Makefile.glib'
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_MAKEFILE)
-GLIB_GENMARSHAL=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=glib_genmarshal glib-2.0`
-AC_SUBST(GLIB_GENMARSHAL)
 GLIB_MKENUMS=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=glib_mkenums glib-2.0`
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_MKENUMS)