diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dc0aa84..136b3ad 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7139,13 +7139,7 @@ else
 
 		# Basic test to check for compatible library and
 		# correct linking
-		if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+		cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -7158,18 +7152,23 @@ int main(void)
 	return(RAND_status() <= 0);
 }
 
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+int
+main ()
+{
 
 				found_crypto=1
 				break;
 
-fi
-rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
-  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
 
 
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+
 		if test ! -z "$found_crypto" ; then
 			break;
 		fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 43e48cb..18944a8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ then
 
 		# Basic test to check for compatible library and
 		# correct linking
-		AC_TRY_RUN(
+		AC_TRY_COMPILE(
 			[
 #include <string.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>