diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2d0e6a444a..bb5e630bad 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7337,7 +7337,6 @@ void (^block)(void);
 EOF
 
 # add some linker flags
-check_ldflags -Wl,--warn-common
 check_ldflags -Wl,-rpath-link=:libpostproc:libswresample:libswscale:libavfilter:libavdevice:libavformat:libavcodec:libavutil
 enabled rpath && add_ldexeflags -Wl,-rpath,$libdir && add_ldsoflags -Wl,-rpath,$libdir
 test_ldflags -Wl,-Bsymbolic && append SHFLAGS -Wl,-Bsymbolic