diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 057c8bda9..3c9dac15e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [network socket])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([gethostbyname], [nsl])
 
 if test x$host_is_linux = xyes; then
-	AC_CHECK_FUNCS(accept4 linkat)
+	AC_CHECK_FUNCS(linkat)
 fi
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getpwnam_r getpwuid_r)
diff --git a/src/net/SocketDescriptor.cxx b/src/net/SocketDescriptor.cxx
index a5f752342..178d9f057 100644
--- a/src/net/SocketDescriptor.cxx
+++ b/src/net/SocketDescriptor.cxx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ SocketDescriptor::Close()
 SocketDescriptor
 SocketDescriptor::Accept()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_ACCEPT4
+#ifdef __linux__
 	int connection_fd = ::accept4(Get(), nullptr, nullptr, SOCK_CLOEXEC);
 #else
 	int connection_fd = ::accept(Get(), nullptr, nullptr);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ SocketDescriptor::Accept()
 SocketDescriptor
 SocketDescriptor::AcceptNonBlock() const
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_ACCEPT4
+#ifdef __linux__
 	int connection_fd = ::accept4(Get(), nullptr, nullptr,
 				      SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK);
 #else
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ SocketDescriptor
 SocketDescriptor::AcceptNonBlock(StaticSocketAddress &address) const
 {
 	address.SetMaxSize();
-#ifdef HAVE_ACCEPT4
+#ifdef __linux__
 	int connection_fd = ::accept4(Get(), address, &address.size,
 				      SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK);
 #else