diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 43ff0e955c8..275a340f6a8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-12-12  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Remove logic adding gdb to noconfigsdirs for or1k.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2017-11-29  Qing Zhao  <qing.zhao@oracle.com>
 
 	* MAINTAINERS (Write After Approval): Add myself.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1e00f01c384..2d615a99965 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3630,10 +3630,6 @@ case "${target}" in
     ;;
   *-*-rtems*)
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libgloss"
-    # this is not caught below because this stanza matches earlier
-    case $target in
-      or1k*-*-*) noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gdb" ;;
-    esac
     ;;
     # The tpf target doesn't support gdb yet.
   *-*-tpf*)
@@ -3839,9 +3835,6 @@ case "${target}" in
   nvptx*-*-*)
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libssp target-libstdc++-v3 target-libobjc"
     ;;
-  or1k*-*-*)
-    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gdb"
-    ;;
   sh-*-*)
     case "${target}" in
       sh*-*-elf)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fbf7400c412..aae94501e48 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -961,10 +961,6 @@ case "${target}" in
     ;;
   *-*-rtems*)
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libgloss"
-    # this is not caught below because this stanza matches earlier
-    case $target in
-      or1k*-*-*) noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gdb" ;;
-    esac
     ;;
     # The tpf target doesn't support gdb yet.
   *-*-tpf*)
@@ -1170,9 +1166,6 @@ case "${target}" in
   nvptx*-*-*)
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libssp target-libstdc++-v3 target-libobjc"
     ;;
-  or1k*-*-*)
-    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gdb"
-    ;;
   sh-*-*)
     case "${target}" in
       sh*-*-elf)