diff --git a/scripts/parse-config b/scripts/parse-config
index 4ce2d122a..ea7812d76 100644
--- a/scripts/parse-config
+++ b/scripts/parse-config
@@ -136,6 +136,3 @@ export NM="${archprefix}nm"	KCC="${archprefix}kcc"
 export F77="${archprefix}f77"	MAKE="make"
 export AWK="gawk"		SED="sed"
 
-# don't use this stuff e.g. in broken configure scripts
-export RPM="/bin/true"
-