diff --git a/main/configure.ac b/main/configure.ac
index b00d63a4f..8abceba30 100644
--- a/main/configure.ac
+++ b/main/configure.ac
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ GB_COMPONENT(
   [],
   [This library may be located inside the system C library, so you can ignore that warning...])
 
+dnl ---- Remove DISABLED file that could have been generated before
+
+rm -f DISABLED DISABLED.*
+
 dnl ---- Check for charset conversion library
 
 GB_COMPONENT(
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@ GB_COMPONENT(
   [],
   [This library may be located inside the system C library, so you can ignore that warning...])
 
+dnl ---- Remove DISABLED file that could have been generated before
+
+rm -f DISABLED DISABLED.*
+
 dnl ---- Check for gettext library
 
 if test "x$GETTEXT_LIB" != x; then
@@ -42,6 +50,10 @@ GB_COMPONENT(
   
 fi
 
+dnl ---- Remove DISABLED file that could have been generated before
+
+rm -f DISABLED DISABLED.*
+
 dnl ---- Check for ffi library
 
 GB_COMPONENT_SEARCH(