diff --git a/lib/hdb/hdb.c b/lib/hdb/hdb.c
index d6d75b1d4..9ac65f3e2 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/hdb.c
+++ b/lib/hdb/hdb.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ find_method (const char *filename, const char **rest)
 	    return h;
 	}
     }
-#if defined(HAVE_DB1) || defined(HAVE_DB3) || define(HAVE_NDBM)
+#if defined(HAVE_DB1) || defined(HAVE_DB3) || defined(HAVE_NDBM)
     if (filename[0] == '/') {
 	*rest = filename;
 	return &dbmetod;