diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6dab802a42..b7d12146cb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ fi
 if test "$sdl1" = "yes" ; then
   echo "#define CONFIG_SDL 1" >> $config_host_h
   echo "CONFIG_SDL=y" >> $config_host_mak
-  if test "$target_softmmu" = "no" -o "$static" = "yes"; then
+  if test "$static" = "yes"; then
     echo "SDL_LIBS=$sdl_static_libs" >> $config_host_mak
   else
     echo "SDL_LIBS=$sdl_libs`" >> $config_host_mak