diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1ccd5e3439..c3b8e8b65b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1939,7 +1939,6 @@ if test "$WINDOWS_PATH" = "yes"; then
   e_sysconfdir="$e_winbase\\\\"
   e_sysconfrulesdir="$e_winbase\\\\rules\\\\"
   e_magic_file="$e_winbase\\\\magic.mgc"
-  e_magic_file_comment=""
   e_logdir="$e_winbase\\\\log"
   e_logfilesdir="$e_logdir\\\\files"
   e_logcertsdir="$e_logdir\\\\certs"