diff --git a/src/aclocal.m4 b/src/aclocal.m4
index fc0774069..be2657014 100644
--- a/src/aclocal.m4
+++ b/src/aclocal.m4
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ case "${host_os}" in
 		clibs=""
 		;;
 	openbsd*)
-		enable_boehm=no
 		thehost='openbsd'
 		SHARED_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
 		BUNDLE_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index cb7dfeb18..47d4febd4 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -3537,7 +3537,6 @@ case "${host_os}" in
 		clibs=""
 		;;
 	openbsd*)
-		enable_boehm=no
 		thehost='openbsd'
 		SHARED_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
 		BUNDLE_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"