--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@
 #endif
 ],-ledit,,, READLINE,, [readline.h readline/readline.h editline/readline.h])
 
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([lib/libedit])
-
 KRB_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_C_INLINE