diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.in b/legacy/evas/configure.in
index 92b5641db4..4ec3bda23d 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.in
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_STDC
-AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_C_CONST
 AM_ENABLE_SHARED
@@ -374,6 +373,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(software-qtopia, [  --enable-software-qtopia        enable the Sof
 	]
 )
 if test "x$have_evas_qtopia" = "xyes"; then
+  AC_PROG_CXX
   AC_CHECK_HEADER(qdirectpainter_qws.h,
     [
       AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_ENGINE_SOFTWARE_QTOPIA, test "$enableval" = "yes")