--- a/js/src/old-configure.in
+++ b/js/src/old-configure.in
@@ -630,18 +630,16 @@ DLL_SUFFIX=.so
 OBJ_SUFFIX=o
 LIB_SUFFIX=a
 IMPORT_LIB_SUFFIX=
 DIRENT_INO=d_ino
 MOZ_USER_DIR=".mozilla"
 
 MOZ_FIX_LINK_PATHS="-Wl,-rpath-link,${DIST}/bin -Wl,-rpath-link,${prefix}/lib"
 
-USE_DEPENDENT_LIBS=1
-
 dnl Configure platform-specific CPU architecture compiler options.
 dnl ==============================================================
 MOZ_ARCH_OPTS
 
 dnl =================================================================
 dnl Set up and test static assertion macros used to avoid AC_TRY_RUN,
 dnl which is bad when cross compiling.
 dnl =================================================================
@@ -2800,18 +2798,16 @@ AC_SUBST(ENABLE_TESTS)
 
 AC_SUBST(ENABLE_STRIP)
 AC_SUBST(PKG_SKIP_STRIP)
 AC_SUBST(INCREMENTAL_LINKER)
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_COMPONENTS_VERSION_SCRIPT_LDFLAGS)
 
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_FIX_LINK_PATHS)
 
-AC_SUBST(USE_DEPENDENT_LIBS)
-
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_POST_PROGRAM_COMMAND)
 
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_APP_NAME)
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME)
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_APP_VERSION)
 
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_PKG_SPECIAL)
 

--- a/old-configure.in
+++ b/old-configure.in
@@ -803,18 +803,16 @@ LIB_SUFFIX=a
 IMPORT_LIB_SUFFIX=
 DIRENT_INO=d_ino
 MOZ_USER_DIR=".mozilla"
 
 MOZ_FIX_LINK_PATHS="-Wl,-rpath-link,${DIST}/bin -Wl,-rpath-link,${prefix}/lib"
 
 MOZ_FS_LAYOUT=unix
 
-USE_DEPENDENT_LIBS=1
-
 dnl Configure platform-specific CPU architecture compiler options.
 dnl ==============================================================
 if test "$COMPILE_ENVIRONMENT"; then
     MOZ_ARCH_OPTS
 else
     if test "$OS_TARGET" = Android -a x"$MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT" != x"gonk"; then
         dnl Default Android builds to ARMv7.
         MOZ_ARCH=armv7-a
@@ -7523,18 +7521,16 @@ AC_SUBST(PKG_SKIP_STRIP)
 AC_SUBST(STRIP_FLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(USE_ELF_HACK)
 AC_SUBST(INCREMENTAL_LINKER)
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_COMPONENTS_VERSION_SCRIPT_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_COMPONENT_NSPR_LIBS)
 
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_FIX_LINK_PATHS)
 
-AC_SUBST(USE_DEPENDENT_LIBS)
-
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_POST_PROGRAM_COMMAND)
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT)
 
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_ADDON_SIGNING)
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_REQUIRE_SIGNING)
 
 if test -n "$MOZ_BINARY_EXTENSIONS"; then
   AC_DEFINE(MOZ_BINARY_EXTENSIONS)