diff --git a/lib/editline/Makefile.in b/lib/editline/Makefile.in
index 3dae135c3..dd0017184 100644
--- a/lib/editline/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/editline/Makefile.in
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ $(LIBNAME).$(SHLIBEXT): $(OBJECTS)
 
 $(OBJECTS): ../../include/config.h
 
-strdup.c: $(srcdir)/../roken/strdup.c
+strdup.c:
 	$(LN_S) $(srcdir)/../roken/strdup.c .
 
 .PHONY: all Wall install uninstall check clean mostlyclean distclean realclean dist