diff --git a/gnu/dist/toolchain/configure.in b/gnu/dist/toolchain/configure.in
index ac1896f1b226..d8f0660967e7 100644
--- a/gnu/dist/toolchain/configure.in
+++ b/gnu/dist/toolchain/configure.in
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ case "${target}" in
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-newlib target-libgloss"
     ;;
   sh*-*-netbsd*)
-    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gdb"
+    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs"
     ;;
   sh*-*-pe|mips*-*-pe|*arm-wince-pe)
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libjava target-libffi target-zlib"