diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ef52f79051d..0b84fff5fd4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7696,7 +7696,7 @@ fi
 echo "$ac_t""$ac_cv_func_memcmp_clean" 1>&6
 test $ac_cv_func_memcmp_clean = no && LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS memcmp.o"
 
-for ac_func in random qsort strerror lchown fchmod snprintf localtime_r statvfs usleep
+for ac_func in random qsort strerror lchown fchmod snprintf localtime_r statvfs
 do
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_func""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:7703: checking for $ac_func" >&5