diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9dbad8763..cd09b30af 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6514,22 +6514,7 @@ if test "$ac_res" != no; then :
 fi
 
 else
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_LIBPCAP 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-  LIBPCAP_LIBS="-lpcap"
-  PCAP_DEPENDS=""
-  PCAP_BUILD=""
-  PCAP_CLEAN=""
-  PCAP_DIST_CLEAN=""
-fi
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+  # We assume our included libpcap doesn't need this check-and-define
 
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if PCAP_NETMASK_UNKNOWN is defined/handled by libpcap" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking if PCAP_NETMASK_UNKNOWN is defined/handled by libpcap... " >&6; }
@@ -6568,6 +6553,22 @@ $as_echo "#define PCAP_NETMASK_UNKNOWN 0" >>confdefs.h
 $as_echo "$ac_cv_have_pcap_netmask_unknown" >&6; }
 
 
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_LIBPCAP 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+  LIBPCAP_LIBS="-lpcap"
+  PCAP_DEPENDS=""
+  PCAP_BUILD=""
+  PCAP_CLEAN=""
+  PCAP_DIST_CLEAN=""
+fi
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
 have_pcre=no
 requested_included_pcre=no
 LIBPCREDIR=libpcre
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index da923759c..0d5c4e311 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ if test $have_libpcap != yes; then
   # libpcap can require libnl
   AC_SEARCH_LIBS(nl_handle_alloc, nl)
 else
+  # We assume our included libpcap doesn't need this check-and-define
+  PCAP_DEFINE_NETMASK_UNKNOWN
+
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBPCAP, 1, [Have libpcap library])
   LIBPCAP_LIBS="-lpcap"
   PCAP_DEPENDS=""
@@ -461,8 +464,6 @@ AC_SUBST(PCAP_CLEAN)
 AC_SUBST(PCAP_DIST_CLEAN)
 AC_SUBST(LIBPCAP_LIBS)
 
-PCAP_DEFINE_NETMASK_UNKNOWN
-
 have_pcre=no
 requested_included_pcre=no
 LIBPCREDIR=libpcre