diff --git a/Macaulay2.spec b/Macaulay2.spec
index bc82c28..9d171e5 100644
--- a/Macaulay2.spec
+++ b/Macaulay2.spec
@@ -508,9 +508,6 @@ optflags=$(sed 's/-O2/-O/g' <<< "%{build_cflags}")
 optflags="%{build_cflags}"
 %endif
 
-# Let the configure script find lrslib utilities
-module load lrslib-%{_arch}
-
 ## configure macro currently broken, due to some odd prefix-checks.  probably fixable -- Rex
 mkdir -p BUILD/%{_target_platform}
 pushd BUILD/%{_target_platform}