diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fb231ed287..43d5181210 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ AC_HEADER_TIME
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ \
 execinfo.h \
-libgen.h \
 mcheck.h \
 netinet/in.h \
 sys/epoll.h \
diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_module.c b/src/lib/eina/eina_module.c
index 327101a7de..6eb90f6e87 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_module.c
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_module.c
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <string.h>
-
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBGEN_H
-# include <libgen.h>
-#endif
+#include <libgen.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN
 # include <dlfcn.h>
diff --git a/src/lib/eio/eio_private.h b/src/lib/eio/eio_private.h
index 1fb5ee4452..603b097c97 100644
--- a/src/lib/eio/eio_private.h
+++ b/src/lib/eio/eio_private.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
+#include <libgen.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -46,10 +47,6 @@
 # include <features.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBGEN_H
-# include <libgen.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_EVIL
 # include <Evil.h>
 #endif