diff --git a/m4/curl-functions.m4 b/m4/curl-functions.m4
index e773f67009..b4e64cf33e 100644
--- a/m4/curl-functions.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-functions.m4
@@ -7289,8 +7289,6 @@ dnl CURL_LIBRARY_PATH variable. It keeps the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 dnl changes contained within this macro.
 
 AC_DEFUN([CURL_RUN_IFELSE], [
-   AC_REQUIRE([AC_RUN_IFELSE])dnl
-
    old=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURL_LIBRARY_PATH:$old
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH