diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d8a2793e93..0626ea8661 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ equivalent variable and GTK+ is version 1.2.3 or above.
             )
         fi
 
-        GUI_TK_LIBRARY="$GUI_TK_LIBRARY -lXext -lXt -lX11"
+        GUI_TK_LIBRARY="$GUI_TK_LIBRARY -lX11"
         TOOLKIT_VPATH="\${top_srcdir}/src/x11 \${top_srcdir}/src/univ \${top_srcdir}/src/univ/themes"
         TOOLKIT=X11
         GUIDIST=X11_DIST