diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bd1607f2b5f29..86565e76e36bd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ PHP_CHECK_FUNC(socketpair, socket, network)
 PHP_CHECK_FUNC(htonl, socket, network)
 PHP_CHECK_FUNC(gethostname, nsl, network)
 PHP_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyaddr, nsl, network)
-PHP_CHECK_FUNC(dlopen, dl, root)
-PHP_CHECK_FUNC(dlsym, dl, root)
+PHP_CHECK_FUNC(dlopen, dl)
+PHP_CHECK_FUNC(dlsym, dl)
 if test "$ac_cv_func_dlopen" = "yes"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBDL, 1, [ ])
 fi