diff --git a/libgpg-error.spec b/libgpg-error.spec
index c49cb9a..d6a8072 100644
--- a/libgpg-error.spec
+++ b/libgpg-error.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ autoreconf -f
 # The config script already suppresses the -L if it's /usr/lib, so cheat and
 # set it to a value which we know will be suppressed.
 sed -i -e 's|^libdir=@libdir@$|libdir=@exec_prefix@/lib|g;s|@GPG_ERROR_CONFIG_HOST@|none|g' src/gpg-error-config.in
+sed -i -e '/--variable=host/d' src/gpg-error-config-test.sh.in
 
 # Modify configure to drop rpath for /usr/lib64
 sed -i -e 's|sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib|sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib %{_libdir}|g' configure