diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9767ca58d..50e90b482 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16674,7 +16674,7 @@ esac
 
 # Check whether --with-ldns was given.
 if test "${with_ldns+set}" = set; then :
-  withval=$with_ldns;  specialldnsdir="$withval"
+  withval=$with_ldns;
 	if test "$withval" != "yes"; then
 		if test "$withval" != "/usr" -a "$withval" != ""; then
 			CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include $CPPFLAGS"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5f3ac7a6c..a878e925a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ AC_SUBST(EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS)
 # may break checks after this.
 AC_ARG_WITH(ldns, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-ldns=PATH], 
 	[specify prefix of path of ldns library to use]), 
-	[ specialldnsdir="$withval"
+	[
 	if test "$withval" != "yes"; then
 		if test "$withval" != "/usr" -a "$withval" != ""; then
 			CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include $CPPFLAGS"