We already force in the correct detection via another patch and this
logic (being dropped in this patch) assumes no -ltinfo.

https://bugs.gentoo.org/837800
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tputs, [TERMCAPLIB=-lncurses], [TERMCAPLIB=-lcurses])
-dnl if test "$TERMCAPLIB" != "-ltermcap"; then
-dnl    AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tputs, [TERMCAPLIB=-ltermcap], [TERMCAPLIB=-lncurses])
-dnl 
-AC_SUBST(TERMCAPLIB)
-
 dnl Which version of GCC do we have here
 COMPILERTYPE=gcc
 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stdio.h>],
diff --git a/config/config.in b/config/config.in
index c7a268a..6c7f16a 100644
--- a/config/config.in
+++ b/config/config.in
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ LINUXAUDIO = @LINUXAUDIO@
 ## It may not work under all systems, so may be optionally omitted.
 INCLUDE_MODULES += EDITLINE
 
-TERMCAPLIB = @TERMCAPLIB@
 # speech recognition
 #INCLUDE_MODULES += ASR
 
diff --git a/config/modules/editline.mak b/config/modules/editline.mak
index fe83c37..2d48b39 100644
--- a/config/modules/editline.mak
+++ b/config/modules/editline.mak
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ INCLUDE_EDITLINE=1
 MOD_DESC_EDITLINE=Use editline for command line editing and history
 
 IO_DEFINES   += -DSUPPORT_EDITLINE $(MODULE_EDITLINE_OPTIONS:%=-DEDITLINE_%)
-MODULE_LIBS  += $(TERMCAPLIB)
 
 ifeq ($(DIRNAME),siod)
     CSRCS := $(CSRCS) el_complete.c editline.c el_sys_unix.c