diff --git i/old-configure.in w/old-configure.in
index 0a06e470d2085922..d41c8e9d5dd2dbfb 100644
--- i/old-configure.in
+++ w/old-configure.in
@@ -2020,9 +2020,7 @@ if test -n "$_USE_SYSTEM_NSS"; then
     AM_PATH_NSS(3.31, [MOZ_SYSTEM_NSS=1], [AC_MSG_ERROR([you don't have NSS installed or your version is too old])])
 fi
 
-if test -n "$MOZ_SYSTEM_NSS"; then
-   NSS_LIBS="$NSS_LIBS -lcrmf"
-else
+if test -z "$MOZ_SYSTEM_NSS"; then
    NSS_CFLAGS="-I${DIST}/include/nss"
    case "${OS_ARCH}" in
         # Only few platforms have been tested with GYP
diff --git a/config/external/nss/crmf/moz.build b/config/external/nss/crmf/moz.build
index 9b8005f..4bfcc81 100644
--- a/config/external/nss/crmf/moz.build
+++ b/config/external/nss/crmf/moz.build
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Library('crmf')
 
 if CONFIG['MOZ_NATIVE_NSS']:
     OS_LIBS += [l for l in CONFIG['NSS_LIBS'] if l.startswith('-L')]
-    OS_LIBS += ['-lcrmf']
 else:
     USE_LIBS += [
         # The dependency on nss is not real, but is required to force the
