diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 83f8b26..f31be87 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1430,8 +1430,7 @@ EOF
     fi
   else
     if test "$kvm" = "yes" ; then
-      if prog_exist "awk" && \
-         prog_exist "grep"; then
+      if prog_exist "awk" ; then
         kvmerr=`LANG=C $cc $QEMU_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $kvm_cflags $TMPC 2>&1 \
 	| grep "error: " \
 	| awk -F "error: " '{if (NR>1) printf(", "); printf("%s",$2);}'`