diff --git a/appl/telnet/Makefile.in b/appl/telnet/Makefile.in
index e761a2d7c..a65344304 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/telnet/Makefile.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ libdir = $(exec_prefix)/lib
 
 SUBDIRS=libtelnet telnet telnetd
 
-all: stamp-configure
+all:
 	for i in $(SUBDIRS); \
 	do (cd $$i; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) all); done
 
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ install:
 	for i in $(SUBDIRS); \
 	do (cd $$i; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) install); done
 
-stamp-configure:
-	@echo "Configuring directory appl/telnet"
-	$(srcdir)/configure && touch stamp-configure
-
-configure: stamp-configure
-
 clean cleandir:
 	for i in $(SUBDIRS); \
 	do (cd $$i; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) clean); done
@@ -38,4 +32,4 @@ clean cleandir:
 distclean: 
 	for i in $(SUBDIRS); \
 	do (cd $$i; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) distclean); done
-	rm -f Makefile config.status config.cache config.log config.h stamp-configure
+	rm -f Makefile config.status config.cache config.log config.h