diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.in b/legacy/ecore/configure.in
index 59fef4e2d5..185f3a96f3 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.in
@@ -497,15 +497,10 @@ if test "x$have_ecore_file" = "xyes"; then
   dnl so with this check you need a very new kernel and kernel-headers!
   if test "x$use_inotify" = "xyes"; then
     AC_CHECK_LIB(c, inotify_init, [
-    AC_TRY_COMPILE(
-      [
-        #include <sys/inotify.h>
-      ],
-      [ int a = IN_MOVE_SELF; void *f = inotify_init(); ],
-      [
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INOTIFY, 1, [ File monitoring with Inotify ])
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SYS_INOTIFY, 1, [ File monitoring with Inotify - sys/inotify.h ])
-      ], [
+      ],
+      [
         AC_TRY_COMPILE(
           [
             #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -517,12 +512,9 @@ if test "x$have_ecore_file" = "xyes"; then
           ], [
             use_inotify="no"
           ]
-	)
+  	)
       ]
     )
-    ],[
-      use_inotify="no"
-    ])
   fi
   
   #AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether FAM is to be used for filemonitoring)