diff --git a/m4macros/ax_crypto.m4 b/m4macros/ax_crypto.m4
index 9876229006..6bcac04ee9 100644
--- a/m4macros/ax_crypto.m4
+++ b/m4macros/ax_crypto.m4
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ then
                                ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_SSL, 0, SSL_R_SHORT_READ);])],
              [],
              [AC_MSG_ERROR([Can not find a definition for stream_truncated (SSL short read) error])])])
-    LIBS=${LIBS_SAVED}
     CPPFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS_SAVED}
 fi
 ])