diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4a22dcd563..8a65240d4a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8486,14 +8486,14 @@ DIRS="tests tests/tcg tests/tcg/lm32 tests/qapi-schema tests/qtest/libqos"
 DIRS="$DIRS tests/qtest tests/qemu-iotests tests/vm tests/fp tests/qgraph"
 DIRS="$DIRS docs docs/interop fsdev scsi"
 DIRS="$DIRS pc-bios/optionrom pc-bios/s390-ccw"
-DIRS="$DIRS roms/seabios roms/vgabios"
+DIRS="$DIRS roms/seabios"
 LINKS="Makefile"
 LINKS="$LINKS tests/tcg/lm32/Makefile po/Makefile"
 LINKS="$LINKS tests/tcg/Makefile.target tests/fp/Makefile"
 LINKS="$LINKS tests/plugin/Makefile"
 LINKS="$LINKS pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile pc-bios/keymaps"
 LINKS="$LINKS pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile"
-LINKS="$LINKS roms/seabios/Makefile roms/vgabios/Makefile"
+LINKS="$LINKS roms/seabios/Makefile"
 LINKS="$LINKS pc-bios/qemu-icon.bmp"
 LINKS="$LINKS .gdbinit scripts" # scripts needed by relative path in .gdbinit
 LINKS="$LINKS tests/acceptance tests/data"
@@ -8526,7 +8526,7 @@ export target_list source_path use_containers
 $source_path/tests/tcg/configure.sh)
 
 # temporary config to build submodules
-for rom in seabios vgabios ; do
+for rom in seabios; do
     config_mak=roms/$rom/config.mak
     echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $config_mak
     echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path/roms/$rom" >> $config_mak