diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f57f246501..e56e5368c6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ dts="no"
 pp="no"
 mingw32="no"
 mingwce="no"
-cygwin="no"
 os2="no"
 lstatic="yes"
 lshared="no"
@@ -592,7 +591,6 @@ audio_oss="yes"
 dv1394="no"
 vhook="no"
 extralibs=""
-cygwin="yes"
 EXESUF=".exe"
 SLIBPREF="cyg"
 SLIBSUF=".dll"