diff --git a/nsprpub/configure b/nsprpub/configure
index 5ccdf23209cb..d07ce137b28a 100755
--- a/nsprpub/configure
+++ b/nsprpub/configure
@@ -2666,19 +2666,6 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$gonkdir" ; then
 
-        if test -z "$HOST_CPPFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CPPFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_CFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_CXXFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CXXFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_LDFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_LDFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-
     $as_echo "#define ANDROID 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 else
@@ -2763,19 +2750,6 @@ $as_echo "$android_platform" >&6; }
     CXXFLAGS="-mandroid -I$android_platform/usr/include -fpic -fno-short-enums -fno-exceptions $CXXFLAGS"
     LDFLAGS="-mandroid -L$android_platform/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath-link=$android_platform/usr/lib --sysroot=$android_platform $LDFLAGS"
 
-        if test -z "$HOST_CPPFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CPPFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_CFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_CXXFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CXXFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_LDFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_LDFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-
     $as_echo "#define ANDROID 1" >>confdefs.h
 
     ;;
@@ -4621,12 +4595,6 @@ test -n "$HOST_CC" || HOST_CC=""""
     fi
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $HOST_CC" >&5
 $as_echo "$HOST_CC" >&6; }
-    if test -z "$HOST_CFLAGS"; then
-        HOST_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_LDFLAGS"; then
-        HOST_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-    fi
 
     CC="$HOST_CC"
     CFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/nsprpub/configure.in b/nsprpub/configure.in
index dac9b31cc5dc..f236f7a83744 100644
--- a/nsprpub/configure.in
+++ b/nsprpub/configure.in
@@ -160,20 +160,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(gonk,
 if test -n "$gonkdir" ; then
     dnl Most things are directly configured by env vars when building for gonk
 
-    dnl prevent cross compile section from using these flags as host flags
-    if test -z "$HOST_CPPFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CPPFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_CFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_CXXFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CXXFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_LDFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_LDFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-
     AC_DEFINE(ANDROID)
 else
 case "$target" in
@@ -257,20 +243,6 @@ case "$target" in
     CXXFLAGS="-mandroid -I$android_platform/usr/include -fpic -fno-short-enums -fno-exceptions $CXXFLAGS"
     LDFLAGS="-mandroid -L$android_platform/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath-link=$android_platform/usr/lib --sysroot=$android_platform $LDFLAGS"
 
-    dnl prevent cross compile section from using these flags as host flags
-    if test -z "$HOST_CPPFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CPPFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_CFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_CXXFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_CXXFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_LDFLAGS" ; then
-        HOST_LDFLAGS=" "
-    fi
-
     AC_DEFINE(ANDROID)
     ;;
 esac
@@ -653,12 +625,6 @@ if test "$target" != "$host"; then
         AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable cc found in \$PATH])
     fi
     AC_MSG_RESULT([$HOST_CC])
-    if test -z "$HOST_CFLAGS"; then
-        HOST_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-    fi
-    if test -z "$HOST_LDFLAGS"; then
-        HOST_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-    fi
 
     CC="$HOST_CC"
     CFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS"