diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6936a47..9a85269 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6980,9 +6980,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-# Add additional cflags since some distros bury panel.h
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/ncurses"
-
 termcontrol="none";
 
 if test "$wantclient" = "yes"; then
