diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b4c03c0908..33d04a5bdb9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2161,9 +2161,7 @@ case "$opsys" in
    ;;
 
   openbsd)
-   ## Han Boetes <han@boetes.org> says this is necessary,
-   ## otherwise Emacs dumps core on elf systems.
-   LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM="-Z"
+      :
    ;;
 esac
 AC_SUBST([LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM])