diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eaaec38a15..1bc920cd9f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21976,7 +21976,7 @@ if test "x$EMSCRIPTEN" != "x"
 then :
 
   EXEEXT=.js
-  TEST_LDFLAGS='--memory-init-file 0 --pre-js pre.js.inc -s RESERVED_FUNCTION_POINTERS=8'
+  TEST_LDFLAGS='--pre-js pre.js.inc -s RESERVED_FUNCTION_POINTERS=8'
 
 fi
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eb9ff81315..319a92a72c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ AC_SUBST([LIBTOOL_EXTRA_FLAGS])
 TEST_LDFLAGS=''
 AS_IF([test "x$EMSCRIPTEN" != "x"],[
   EXEEXT=.js
-  TEST_LDFLAGS='--memory-init-file 0 --pre-js pre.js.inc -s RESERVED_FUNCTION_POINTERS=8'
+  TEST_LDFLAGS='--pre-js pre.js.inc -s RESERVED_FUNCTION_POINTERS=8'
 ])
 AC_SUBST(TEST_LDFLAGS)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([EMSCRIPTEN], [test "x$EMSCRIPTEN" != "x"])