diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c6a75e84..75ea3b1f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h libintl.h limits.h locale.h mntent.h stddef.h \
 	stdint.h stdlib.h stdio.h stdarg.h string.h strings.h errno.h time.h \
 	sys/ioctl.h sys/mount.h unistd.h utime.h wchar.h getopt.h sys/stat.h \
-	sys/types.h linux/types.h asm/byteorder.h linux/major.h linux/fd.h])
+	sys/types.h asm/byteorder.h linux/major.h linux/fd.h])
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_HEADER_STDBOOL