diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
index c886c3ad0..ec67da28d 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ OP_SYS_CXXFLAGS =
 
 SHRLIB_SUFFIX = .sl$(addprefix .,$(SHRLIB_VERSION))
 LOADABLE_SHRLIB_SUFFIX = .sl$(addprefix .,$(SHRLIB_VERSION))
-LOADABLE_SHRLIB_PREFIX =
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
 empty:=                                      # trick from the make docs...