diff --git a/ncat/configure b/ncat/configure
index 8de8a38f5..0cac17964 100755
--- a/ncat/configure
+++ b/ncat/configure
@@ -4337,18 +4337,6 @@ fi
 done
 
 
-for ac_func in dup2 gettimeofday inet_ntoa memset mkstemp select socket strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strncasecmp strtol
-do :
-  as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
-ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
-if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_var"\" = x"yes"; then :
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
-_ACEOF
-
-fi
-done
-
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing setsockopt" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for library containing setsockopt... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_search_setsockopt+:} false; then :
@@ -4524,6 +4512,18 @@ if test "$ac_res" != no; then :
 
 fi
 
+for ac_func in dup2 gettimeofday inet_ntoa memset mkstemp select socket strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strncasecmp strtol
+do :
+  as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_var"\" = x"yes"; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+done
+
 
 # If they didn't specify it, we try to find it
 if test "$use_openssl" = "yes" -a -z "$specialssldir" ; then
diff --git a/ncat/configure.ac b/ncat/configure.ac
index dbe1617d1..9a87daf19 100644
--- a/ncat/configure.ac
+++ b/ncat/configure.ac
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ AC_FUNC_FORK
 AC_FUNC_SELECT_ARGTYPES
 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([dup2 gettimeofday inet_ntoa memset mkstemp select socket strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strncasecmp strtol])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(setsockopt, socket)
 # Ncat does not call gethostbyname directly, but some of the libraries
 # it links to (such as libpcap) do. Instead it calls getaddrinfo. At
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(setsockopt, socket)
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, nsl)
 # OpenSSL requires dlopen on some platforms
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(dlopen, dl)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([dup2 gettimeofday inet_ntoa memset mkstemp select socket strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strncasecmp strtol])
 
 # If they didn't specify it, we try to find it
 if test "$use_openssl" = "yes" -a -z "$specialssldir" ; then