diff --git a/lterm/configure.ac b/lterm/configure.ac
index 4f45452..dd9e86b 100755
--- a/lterm/configure.ac
+++ b/lterm/configure.ac
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ else
 #		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libssh development files missing, please install])])
 fi
 
-LIBS="$LIBS -lssh_threads -lX11"
+LIBS="$LIBS -lX11"
 
 ### Check to see if GDK uses the quartz backend and if we can use 
 ### MacOSX integration