diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a217fc1658aefb8dd2c17c05bcd806e06c2e44f3..7efaddb1bfe67c768501c337175580979468b83f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -603,15 +603,6 @@ LIBVIRT_STORAGE_CHECK_SHEEPDOG
 LIBVIRT_STORAGE_CHECK_GLUSTER
 LIBVIRT_STORAGE_CHECK_ZFS
 
-if test "$with_storage_fs" = "yes" ||
-   test "$with_storage_gluster" = "yes"; then
-  AC_PATH_PROG([GLUSTER_CLI], [gluster], [gluster], [$LIBVIRT_SBIN_PATH])
-  if test "x$GLUSTER_CLI" != "x"; then
-      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GLUSTER_CLI], ["$GLUSTER_CLI"],
-        [Location or name of the gluster command line tool])
-  fi
-fi
-
 with_storage=no
 for backend in dir fs lvm iscsi scsi mpath rbd disk; do
     if eval test \$with_storage_$backend = yes; then
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_util.c b/src/storage/storage_util.c
index 895c623a52076f12fc6d12da7ac889e91b4f5ff7..e16c1a48b5d85b3f4a6d5f63a70adba1c42919ff 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_util.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_util.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ virStorageBackendFindGlusterPoolSources(const char *host,
 
     int ret = -1;
 
-    if (!(glusterpath = virFindFileInPath(GLUSTER_CLI))) {
+    if (!(glusterpath = virFindFileInPath("gluster"))) {
         if (report) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                            _("'gluster' command line tool not found"));