diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 83caaeba03ae2f2d09f45b90d7f30ac2f5641afa..0faa6734b987480d99352bae74259c745c50714d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 # Run all checks
 DUNE_CHECK_ALL
 
-# Create a symlink dune --> . in the main module directory
-DUNE_SYMLINK
-
 # implicitly set the Dune-flags everywhere
 AC_SUBST(AM_CPPFLAGS, $DUNE_CPPFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(AM_LDFLAGS, $DUNE_LDFLAGS)