diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e32fb19..5605a8c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.469 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.470 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.4.
 #
@@ -5375,13 +5375,9 @@
 
 
 # On Solaris, term.h requires curses.h
-
-for ac_header in term.h
-do
-as_ac_Header=`echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_header" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_header... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_Header+set}\" = set"; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for term.h" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for term.h... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_header_term_h+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
@@ -5390,9 +5386,13 @@
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <curses.h>
 
-#include <$ac_header>
+#ifdef HAVE_CURSES_H
+#include <curses.h>
+#endif
+
+
+#include <term.h>
 _ACEOF
 rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
 if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
@@ -5416,25 +5416,18 @@
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  eval "$as_ac_Header=yes"
+  ac_cv_header_term_h=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-eval "$as_ac_Header=no"
+ac_cv_header_term_h=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: `eval echo '${'$as_ac_Header'}'`" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}`eval echo '${'$as_ac_Header'}'`" >&6
-if test `eval echo '${'$as_ac_Header'}'` = yes; then
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define `echo "HAVE_$ac_header" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
-_ACEOF
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_header_term_h" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_header_term_h" >&6
 
-fi
-
-done
 
 
 # checks for typedefs
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5c9fa3d..f5f4ffc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -968,7 +968,11 @@
 AC_HEADER_MAJOR
 
 # On Solaris, term.h requires curses.h
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(term.h,,,[#include <curses.h>])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(term.h,,,[
+#ifdef HAVE_CURSES_H
+#include <curses.h>
+#endif
+])
 
 # checks for typedefs
 was_it_defined=no