diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1f3b0573..10bcda90 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,21 +30,15 @@ TORRENT_WITHOUT_STATVFS
 TORRENT_WITHOUT_STATFS
 
 AX_PTHREAD([], AC_MSG_ERROR([requires pthread]))
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CURSES],[ncursesw],[
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H, 1)
-	],
-	[PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CURSES],[ncurses],[
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSES_H, 1)
-		],
-		[AX_WITH_CURSES
-		if test "x$ax_cv_ncursesw" != xyes && test "x$ax_cv_ncurses" != xyes; then
-			AC_MSG_ERROR([requires either NcursesW or Ncurses library])
-		fi])
-	])
+AX_WITH_CURSES
+
+if test "x$ax_cv_ncursesw" != xyes && test "x$ax_cv_ncurses" != xyes; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([requires either NcursesW or Ncurses library])
+fi
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
-LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $CURSES_LIB $CURSES_LIBS $LIBS"
+LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $CURSES_LIB $LIBS"
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libcurl], libcurl >= 7.15.4,
 	          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $libcurl_CFLAGS";