diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b6141bed..ae43b9b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(crypt.h utmp.h \
 	termio.h sgtty.h sys/ioctl.h paths.h \
 	sys/capability.h sys/random.h \
-	gshadow.h lastlog.h rpc/key_prot.h netdb.h acl/libacl.h \
+	gshadow.h lastlog.h rpc/key_prot.h acl/libacl.h \
 	attr/libattr.h attr/error_context.h)
 
 dnl shadow now uses the libc's shadow implementation
diff --git a/src/login_nopam.c b/src/login_nopam.c
index df6ba882..0ebe3bfc 100644
--- a/src/login_nopam.c
+++ b/src/login_nopam.c
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
 #include <netdb.h>
-#endif
 #include <grp.h>
 #ifdef PRIMARY_GROUP_MATCH
 #include <pwd.h>