diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 11e7f30553..b9ccff9067 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2397,11 +2397,6 @@ echo "GENISOIMAGE=$genisoimage" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "MESON=$meson" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "NINJA=$ninja" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CC=$cc" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "AR=$ar" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "AS=$as" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "CCAS=$ccas" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "OBJCOPY=$objcopy" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "LD=$ld" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_CFLAGS=$QEMU_CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_CXXFLAGS=$QEMU_CXXFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_OBJCFLAGS=$QEMU_OBJCFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
@@ -2410,7 +2405,6 @@ echo "GLIB_LIBS=$glib_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_BINDIR=$glib_bindir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_VERSION=$(pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0)" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_LDFLAGS=$QEMU_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "STRIP=$strip" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak
 
 # use included Linux headers