--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
AS_IF([test "x$has_ncursesw" = "xyes"], [
AC_SUBST([NCURSESW_CFLAGS])
AC_SUBST([NCURSESW_LIBS])
- LIBS="$LIBS $NCURSESW_LIBS"
+ LIBS="$LIBS"
AC_SUBST([LIBS])
])