diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c18734a6..1651ef64 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long long)
 dnl Networking Functions
 dnl ====================
 
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, [socket ws2_32], , [AC_MSG_ERROR([You have no socket()! Aborting.])])
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket,, [AC_MSG_ERROR([You have no socket()! Aborting.])])
 
 dnl SunOS/Solaris required libnsl for inet_ntoa()
 if test x"$SUN" = xyes; then
diff --git a/librb/configure.ac b/librb/configure.ac
index 5b81bcda..09492e53 100644
--- a/librb/configure.ac
+++ b/librb/configure.ac
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ AC_HEADER_TIME
 dnl Networking Functions
 dnl ====================
 
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, [socket],,)
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket,,)
 
 
 AC_CHECK_MEMBER([struct sockaddr.sa_len], [AC_DEFINE(SOCKADDR_IN_HAS_LEN, 1, [Define to 1 if sockaddr has a 'sa_len'