--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5894,9 +5894,9 @@ else
     die "ERROR: cannot find soundtouch 1.8.0 or later."
 fi
 
-if [ $target_os = "linux" ] ; then
-    . /etc/os-release
-fi
+# if [ $target_os = "linux" ] ; then
+#     . /etc/os-release
+# fi
 
 # libudfread
 if enabled system_libudfread ; then