--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5981,9 +5981,6 @@ fi
 
 
 
-# Add additional cflags since some distros bury panel.h
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/ncurses"
-
 termcontrol="none";
 
 if test "$wantclient" = "yes"; then