diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2829d79..697a504 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4221,9 +4221,6 @@
 if disabled autodetect; then
 
-    # Unless iconv is explicitely disabled by the user, we still want to probe
-    # for the iconv from the libc.
-    disabled iconv || enable libc_iconv
 
     disable_weak $EXTERNAL_AUTODETECT_LIBRARY_LIST
     disable_weak $HWACCEL_AUTODETECT_LIBRARY_LIST
 fi