diff --git a/dev-lua/luarocks/luarocks-2.0.8.ebuild b/dev-lua/luarocks/luarocks-2.0.8.ebuild
index 28299d4..9101ba7 100644
--- a/dev-lua/luarocks/luarocks-2.0.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lua/luarocks/luarocks-2.0.8.ebuild
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ src_configure() {
 			--with-lua-lib=/usr/$(get_libdir) \
 			--rocks-tree=/usr/$(get_libdir)/lua/luarocks \
 			--with-downloader=$USE_FETCH \
-			--with-md5-checker=$USE_MD5 \
-			--force-config || die "configure failed"
+			--with-md5-checker=$USE_MD5 || die "configure failed"
 }
 
 src_compile() {