diff --git a/buildout/Makefile b/buildout/Makefile
index 6a41eaf06db153de4dd8015cd28ee9e3ce1389df..7e85799f1f67b55b5be27d0b5ee49699a8a66afd 100644
--- a/buildout/Makefile
+++ b/buildout/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ assert-python2.4: bin/python2.4
 	bin/python2.4 -c 'import _ssl'
 	bin/python2.4 -c 'import _xmlplus'
 	bin/python2.4 -c 'import bz2'
-	bin/python2.4 -c 'import dbm'
 	bin/python2.4 -c 'import elementtree'
 	bin/python2.4 -c 'import fpconst'
 	bin/python2.4 -c 'import gdbm'