diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index e32d18ce1f..85ab0249bc 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ archname=''
 usereentrant='undef'
 : List of libraries we want.
 : If anyone needs extra -lxxx, put those in a hint file.
-libswanted="cl pthread socket bind inet nsl ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld"
+libswanted="cl pthread socket bind inet ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld"
 libswanted="$libswanted sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb bsd BSD"
 : We probably want to search /usr/shlib before most other libraries.
 : This is only used by the lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm routine extliblist.