diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0d5533e4e1..0dda9c2a8d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3080,7 +3080,7 @@ fi
 fi
 done
 
-for ac_func in nanosleep usleep
+for ac_func in usleep
 do
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_func""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:3087: checking for $ac_func" >&5