diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.cygwin-x86 b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.cygwin-x86
index d31ad2fda..39c528f14 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.cygwin-x86
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.cygwin-x86
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ OS_CLASS = cygwin32
 ARCH_CLASS = x86
 
 #  Definitions used when COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY is READLINE
-LDLIBS_READLINE = -lreadline -lcurses
+LDLIBS_READLINE = -lreadline
 
 POSIX_CPPFLAGS = -D_POSIX_THREADS -D_POSIX_TIMERS
 #POSIX_CPPFLAGS += -D_POSIX_SOURCE
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.cygwin-x86 b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.cygwin-x86
index e5b5ce792..43a30401d 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.cygwin-x86
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.cygwin-x86
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
 
 # If readline is installed uncomment the following line
 # to add command-line editing and history support
-COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE
+#COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE
+
+# Uncomment the following line if readline has problems
+#LDLIBS_READLINE= -lreadline -lcurses