diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 352448eea..d266c1ce2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@ AC_SUBST(MUTTER_GIR_DIR)
 MUTTER_TYPELIB_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=typelibdir $LIBMUTTER`
 AC_SUBST(MUTTER_TYPELIB_DIR)
 
-GJS_CONSOLE=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=gjs_console gjs-1.0`
-AC_SUBST(GJS_CONSOLE)
-
 GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable glib_compile_resources gio-2.0`
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES)
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index fa3371220..fb2390e9b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ generated_script_substitutions = \
 	    -e "s|@pkgdatadir[@]|$(pkgdatadir)|g" \
 	    -e "s|@PYTHON[@]|$(PYTHON)|g" \
 	    -e "s|@VERSION[@]|$(VERSION)|g" \
-	    -e "s|@sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g" \
-	    -e "s|@GJS_CONSOLE[@]|$(GJS_CONSOLE)|g"
+	    -e "s|@sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g"
 
 gnome-shell-extension-tool: gnome-shell-extension-tool.in Makefile
 	$(AM_V_GEN) sed $(generated_script_substitutions) $< > $@.tmp && mv $@.tmp $@ && chmod a+x $@