diff --git a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
index 6ff86d4d1..1e14e5948 100644
--- a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
+++ b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
@@ -68,13 +68,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_SLICOT], [test "$has_slicot" = yes])
 
 # Check for UMFPACK, needed by bytecode
 AC_CHECK_LIB([umfpack], [umfpack_dl_defaults], [LIBADD_UMFPACK="-lumfpack"], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find UMFPACK])])
-# For OS X, explicitly add libraries that libumfpack depends on as Homebrew
-# doesn't support the creation of shared libraries for suite-sparse 3.7.0
-case ${host_os} in
-  darwin*)
-    LIBADD_UMFPACK="-lumfpack -lcholmod -lcolamd -lamd"
-    ;;
-esac
 AC_SUBST([LIBADD_UMFPACK])
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([DO_SOMETHING], [test -n "$MKOCTFILE"])