diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a20dc3e734..2176a989f9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -29187,7 +29187,7 @@ fi
   # this writing Debian packages them separately.  There is no known reason to
   # waste cycles on separate probes for the Tcl or Python libraries, though.
   pgac_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-  LIBS="$perl_embed_ldflags $LIBS"
+  LIBS="$perl_embed_ldflags"
   { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for libperl" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for libperl... " >&6; }
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dd1b616673..3e72af471f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ if test "$with_perl" = yes; then
   # this writing Debian packages them separately.  There is no known reason to
   # waste cycles on separate probes for the Tcl or Python libraries, though.
   pgac_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-  LIBS="$perl_embed_ldflags $LIBS"
+  LIBS="$perl_embed_ldflags"
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libperl])
   AC_TRY_LINK([
 #include <EXTERN.h>