diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0a8c05883c4d75ad75c82482ef855e43ca5e6f2e..9dd95282744dd759b26aca18531330d488d590b0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3129,7 +3129,7 @@ fi
   else
         VERSION_FLAGS="${VERSION_FLAGS} -DHAVE_LIBJPEG"
     GUI_INCLUDE="${GUI_INCLUDE} -I${JPEG_PREFIX} -I${JPEG_PREFIX}/include"
-    GUI_LIBS="${GUI_LIBS} -L${JPEG_PREFIX} -L${JPEG_PREFIX}/lib -ljpeg")
+    GUI_LIBS="${GUI_LIBS} -L${JPEG_PREFIX} -L${JPEG_PREFIX}/lib -ljpeg"
   fi
 
 else
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bb21812b66f6592c51023c40a1ea3e6dfe208c1a..c3ed4d91053dc266a26a6c66f1aea5b5b974d743 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl "$Id: configure.in,v 1.19 2003-02-17 01:46:39 geuzaine Exp $"
+dnl "$Id: configure.in,v 1.20 2003-02-17 01:48:30 geuzaine Exp $"
 dnl
 dnl Copyright (C) 1997 - 2003 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 dnl
@@ -106,12 +106,10 @@ if test "x$enable_gui" != "xno"; then
                    VERSION_FLAGS="${VERSION_FLAGS} -DHAVE_LIBJPEG"
                    GUI_LIBS="${GUI_LIBS} -ljpeg"))
   else
-    dnl Find the libs/includes even if jpeg is _not_ properly installed (ugly hack!)
-    LDFLAGS="-L${JPEG_PREFIX}/lib"
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(jpeg, jpeg_destroy_decompress,
-                 VERSION_FLAGS="${VERSION_FLAGS} -DHAVE_LIBJPEG"
-                 GUI_INCLUDE="${GUI_INCLUDE} -I${JPEG_PREFIX} -I${JPEG_PREFIX}/include"
-                 GUI_LIBS="${GUI_LIBS} -L${JPEG_PREFIX} -L${JPEG_PREFIX}/lib -ljpeg")
+    dnl Should work even if the jpeg libs/includes are _not_ properly installed (ugly hack!)
+    VERSION_FLAGS="${VERSION_FLAGS} -DHAVE_LIBJPEG"
+    GUI_INCLUDE="${GUI_INCLUDE} -I${JPEG_PREFIX} -I${JPEG_PREFIX}/include"
+    GUI_LIBS="${GUI_LIBS} -L${JPEG_PREFIX} -L${JPEG_PREFIX}/lib -ljpeg")
   fi 
 
 else