diff --git a/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r1.ebuild
index 98e7a8427483f..753d1c631d038 100644
--- a/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r1.ebuild
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	use contrib || CONF_WITH_LST=$(use_with fortran contrib-plugins FortranProject)
 
 	econf \
-		--with-wx-config="${WX_CONFIG}" \
 		--disable-static \
 		$(use_enable debug) \
 		$(use_enable pch) \
diff --git a/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r301.ebuild b/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r301.ebuild
index adc17cb8ea651..4ac4c6b6992be 100644
--- a/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r301.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r301.ebuild
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	use contrib || CONF_WITH_LST=$(use_with fortran contrib-plugins FortranProject)
 
 	econf \
-		--with-wx-config="${WX_CONFIG}" \
 		--disable-static \
 		$(use_enable debug) \
 		$(use_enable pch) \