diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9955c27317d57855abc8bfd4f4b8a1f2bc5ff1de..7cc6d14861ff98d713dc7c1f77630d82d5dca270 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2276,7 +2276,7 @@ if test X"$OPT_LIBMETALINK" != Xno; then
 
   fi
 fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBMETALINK], [test -n "x$LIBMETALINK_LIBS"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBMETALINK], [test -n "$LIBMETALINK_LIBS"])
 
 dnl **********************************************************************
 dnl Check for the presence of LIBSSH2 libraries and headers