diff --git a/srcpkgs/monitoring-plugins/template b/srcpkgs/monitoring-plugins/template
index 273fa2ae048..ca03fe40ccc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/monitoring-plugins/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/monitoring-plugins/template
@@ -15,7 +15,5 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
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 do_configure() {
-	: ${configure_script:=./configure}
-
-	${configure_script} ${configure_args} --with-ping-command='/usr/bin/iputils-ping -n -U -w %d -c %d %s' --with-ping6-command='/usr/bin/iputils-ping6 -n -U -w %d -c %d %s'
+	./configure ${configure_args} --with-ping-command='/usr/bin/iputils-ping -n -U -w %d -c %d %s' --with-ping6-command='/usr/bin/iputils-ping6 -n -U -w %d -c %d %s'
 }