diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac76fc091..e38ebc5f7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2009-07-16  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* configure.ac: Never add "-c" to CFLAGS.
+
 	* configure.ac: Fix incorrect comparison for grub_cv_cc_efiemu.
 
 	* configure.ac: Fix wrong use of grub_cv_cc_no_red_zone where
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 34af5f58e..90464036c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -442,13 +442,13 @@ if test x"$enable_efiemu" = xno ; then
 fi
 if test x"$efiemu_excuse" = x ; then
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether options required for efiemu work], grub_cv_cc_efiemu, [
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -m64 -mcmodel=large -mno-red-zone -nostdlib -c"
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -m64 -mcmodel=large -mno-red-zone -nostdlib"
     AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])],
 		      [grub_cv_cc_efiemu=yes],
 		      [grub_cv_cc_efiemu=no])
   ])
   if test x$grub_cv_cc_efiemu = xno; then
-     efiemu_excuse="compiler doesn't support compiling with -m64 -mcmodel=large -mno-red-zone -nostdlib -c"
+     efiemu_excuse="compiler doesn't support compiling with -m64 -mcmodel=large -mno-red-zone -nostdlib"
   fi
 fi
 if test x"$enable_efiemu" = xyes && test x"$efiemu_excuse" != x ; then