diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e4089d8..ddb426b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18577,7 +18577,7 @@
 if test "${with_modules+set}" = set; then :
   withval=$with_modules; with_modules=$withval
 else
-  with_modules=$libtool_build_shared_libs
+  with_modules='no'
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8c2ea3c..e0e056e 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
     [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-modules],
                     [enable building dynamically loadable modules])],
     [with_modules=$withval],
-    [with_modules=$libtool_build_shared_libs])
+    [with_modules='no'])
 
 # Only allow building loadable modules if we are building shared libraries
 if test "$with_modules" != 'no' ; then