diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a671d31f300..0539826edf4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ LT_INIT([pic-only win32-dll])
 
 dnl Check/return PATH for base programs.
 AC_PATH_TOOL([AR], [ar])
-AC_PATH_TOOL([RANLIB], [ranlib])
-AC_PATH_TOOL([STRIP], [strip])
 AC_PATH_TOOL([GCOV], [gcov])
 AC_PATH_TOOL([LLVM_COV], [llvm-cov])
 AC_PATH_PROG([LCOV], [lcov])