diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d5fce3ca47e..7ef096d18b4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -13227,7 +13227,7 @@ test -z "$SDL2_CFLAGS" || SDL2_CFLAGS=`echo " $SDL2_CFLAGS" | sed 's/ -I\([^/]\)
 test -z "$SDL2_LIBS" || SDL2_LIBS=`echo " $SDL2_LIBS" | sed 's/ -L\([^/]\)/ -L\$(top_builddir)\/\1/g'`
 
 fi
-if test "x$SDL_LIBS" = "x"; then :
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_SDL2" = "x"; then :
   case "x$with_sdl" in
   x)   as_fn_append wine_notices "|libSDL2 ${notice_platform}development files not found, SDL2 won't be supported." ;;
   xno) ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cd7a785e5cb..7b796ef885f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ then
         [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([SDL2/SDL.h],
             [WINE_CHECK_SONAME(SDL2,SDL_Init,,,,[[libSDL2-2.0*]])])])
 fi
-WINE_NOTICE_WITH(sdl,[test "x$SDL_LIBS" = "x"],
+WINE_NOTICE_WITH(sdl,[test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_SDL2" = "x"],
                  [libSDL2 ${notice_platform}development files not found, SDL2 won't be supported.])
 
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