diff --git a/scripts/configure.fsx b/scripts/configure.fsx
index c15ea86fe..244c819a1 100755
--- a/scripts/configure.fsx
+++ b/scripts/configure.fsx
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ let initialConfigFile, buildTool =
     match Misc.GuessPlatform() with
     | Misc.Platform.Windows ->
         let buildTool=
-            match Process.ConfigCommandCheck ["dotnet"] false true with
-            | Some _ -> "dotnet"
-            | None ->
                 Console.Write "checking for msbuild... "
                 match Process.VsWhere "MSBuild\\**\\Bin\\MSBuild.exe" with
                 | None ->