diff --git a/e17/ecore/ecore.conf b/e17/ecore/ecore.conf
index 795c64565..dc4efcb78 100644
--- a/e17/ecore/ecore.conf
+++ b/e17/ecore/ecore.conf
@@ -45,6 +45,3 @@ done
 if pkginstalled libiconv; then
 	var_append configcache ' ' ac_cv_lib_iconv_iconv=yes
 fi
-
-# work around to always utilize other e17 headers and libs ...
-var_append CC_WRAPPER_APPEND " " "-I$includedir -L$libdir"