diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index aa0da50177..d94e0ddab5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netdb.h sys/ioctl.h sys/socket.h arpa/inet.h netinet/in.h pwd.h
 
 dnl These headers are not essential
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h sys/types.h inttypes.h sys/param.h sys/wait.h limits.h sys/limits.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h machine/limits.h syslog.h sys/time.h sys/resource.h inttypes.h utime.h sys/utime.h sys/mman.h netintet/in.h netinet/in6.h malloc.h sys/syslimits.h malloc/malloc.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h sys/types.h inttypes.h sys/param.h sys/wait.h limits.h sys/limits.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h machine/limits.h syslog.h sys/time.h sys/resource.h inttypes.h utime.h sys/utime.h sys/mman.h netinet/in6.h malloc.h sys/syslimits.h malloc/malloc.h)
 
 TOR_CHECK_PROTOTYPE(malloc_good_size, HAVE_MALLOC_GOOD_SIZE_PROTOTYPE,
 [#ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H