diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 380802e5..8fe69e7f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug],[Disable debug options]),
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([errno.h fcntl.h stdio.h stdlib.h unistd.h sys/uio.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/select.h sys/socket.h sys/ioctl.h sys/time.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h netinet/in.h])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([windows.h ws2tcpip.h winsock2.h])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(poll gettimeofday select strtoll)
 
 case $host in
   *-*-cygwin* | *-*-cegcc*)
@@ -174,6 +172,8 @@ case $host in
     ;;
 esac
 
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(poll gettimeofday select strtoll)
+
 dnl Check for select() into ws2_32 for Msys/Mingw
 if test "$ac_cv_func_select" != "yes"; then
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for select in ws2_32])