--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ if [[ "x$local_lib" != "xlib" -a ! -d "$
 fi
 if [[ -f "$ac_cv_use_mysql/include/mysql/mysql.h" -a -d "$ac_cv_use_mysql/$local_lib/mysql" ]]; then
 MYSQL_INC="-I$ac_cv_use_mysql/include/mysql"
-MYSQL_LIB="-L$ac_cv_use_mysql/$local_lib/mysql -lmysqlclient_r -lpthread -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm"
+MYSQL_LIB="-L$ac_cv_use_mysql/$local_lib/mysql -lmysqlclient_r -lpthread -lz -lcrypt -lm"
 MYSQL_VER=`sed -n 's/^.*MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION[[^"]]*"\([[^"]]*\).*$/\1/p' "$ac_cv_use_mysql/include/mysql/mysql_version.h"`
 HAVE_MYSQL=yes
 fi