diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.ac b/legacy/evas/configure.ac
index 0470472da0..222defc3b3 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.ac
@@ -1177,10 +1177,11 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([build-examples],
        # put in here the dependencies for Evas' examples. they are
        # meant to be 'real world' usage examples, thus one will be
        # using higher level libraries on these programs
-       PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ECORE_EVAS], [ecore-evas ecore], [build_examples="no"])
+       PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ECORE_EVAS], [ecore-evas ecore],
+        [], [build_examples="no"])
        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([EDJE], [edje],
         [edje_cc=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=prefix edje)/bin/edje_cc],
-        [build_examples="no"])
+        [], [build_examples="no"])
        AC_SUBST(edje_cc)
     else
        build_examples="no"