diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0f87215..8159268 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 42046 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 42199 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.5.
 #
@@ -20016,6 +20016,8 @@
 fi
 
 # check where readline lives
+# save the value of LIBS so we don't actually link Python with readline
+LIBS_no_readline=$LIBS
 
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for readline in -lreadline" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for readline in -lreadline... $ECHO_C" >&6
@@ -20506,6 +20508,9 @@
 
 fi
 
+# End of readline checks: restore LIBS
+LIBS=$LIBS_no_readline
+
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for broken nice()" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for broken nice()... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${ac_cv_broken_nice+set}" = set; then