diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 24702a05d6de..72b2758189f7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3626,6 +3626,7 @@ if test -n "$_host"; then
 
 			FREETYPE2_STATIC_LIBS="-lfreetype"
 			FREETYPE2_CFLAGS="-I${KOS32_SDK_DIR}/sources/freetype/include"
+			_freetypeconfig=
 			_freetype_found="true"
 
 			SDL_CFLAGS="-I${KOS32_SDK_DIR}/sources/SDL-1.2.2_newlib/include"