diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4c14ca7f6..87de87528 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ export RANLIB
 export BLAS_LAPACK_LIBS
 export BLAS_LAPACK_DIR
 export BUILD_WITH_F2C
-export BUILD_F90
 export BUILD_F90_INTERFACE
 export PYTHON_PACKAGE
 export BUILD_MATLAB_TOOLBOX