diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 019902cee6b1262c93ce9e74c915d1d8bed887a6..b0be55a66ea3d6b94b80ee09aab162a8735af273 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1547,7 +1547,6 @@ HAVE_LIST_PUB="
 HEADERS_LIST="
     AVFoundation_AVFoundation_h
     alsa_asoundlib_h
-    altivec_h
     arpa_inet_h
     cdio_paranoia_h
     cdio_paranoia_paranoia_h
@@ -4442,15 +4441,12 @@ elif enabled ppc; then
     check_inline_asm ppc4xx    '"maclhw r10, r11, r12"'
     check_inline_asm xform_asm '"lwzx %1, %y0" :: "Z"(*(int*)0), "r"(0)'
 
-    # AltiVec flags: The FSF version of GCC differs from the Apple version
     if enabled altivec; then
-        check_cflags -maltivec -mabi=altivec &&
-        { check_header altivec.h && inc_altivec_h="#include <altivec.h>" ; } ||
-        check_cflags -faltivec
+        check_cflags -maltivec -mabi=altivec
 
         # check if our compiler supports Motorola AltiVec C API
         check_cc <<EOF || disable altivec
-$inc_altivec_h
+#include <altivec.h>
 int main(void) {
     vector signed int v1 = (vector signed int) { 0 };
     vector signed int v2 = (vector signed int) { 1 };
@@ -4465,7 +4461,7 @@ EOF
     if enabled vsx; then
         check_cflags -mvsx &&
         check_cc <<EOF || disable vsx
-$inc_altivec_h
+#include <altivec.h>
 int main(void) {
     int v[4] = { 0 };
     vector signed int v1 = vec_vsx_ld(0, v);
diff --git a/libavutil/ppc/util_altivec.h b/libavutil/ppc/util_altivec.h
index 5a16e8de13ca5f0a71140682a406e603d39ee080..3cb473b73472f62143ecfb98ad11d7185e481493 100644
--- a/libavutil/ppc/util_altivec.h
+++ b/libavutil/ppc/util_altivec.h
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#if HAVE_ALTIVEC_H
-#include <altivec.h>
-#endif
-
 /***********************************************************************
  * Vector types
  **********************************************************************/
@@ -56,6 +52,7 @@
 #define zero_s32v (vec_s32) zerov
 
 #if HAVE_ALTIVEC
+#include <altivec.h>
 
 // used to build registers permutation vectors (vcprm)
 // the 's' are for words in the _s_econd vector