diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index d1ed70a461..895aca8025 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ simcc () {
  LDOPTS='-lm' # button-sdl.c uses sqrt()
  sigaltstack=""
  fibers=""
+ endian="" # endianess of the dap doesnt matter here
 
  # default output binary name, don't override app_get_platform()
  if [ "$app_type" != "sdl-app" ]; then