diff --git a/build/php.m4 b/build/php.m4
index 8323525c32b7f..1f78c54ba793d 100644
--- a/build/php.m4
+++ b/build/php.m4
@@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ no[)]
   ;;
 esac
 
-PHP_ALWAYS_SHARED([$1])
+dnl When using phpize, automatically enable and build extension as shared.
+m4_ifdef([PHP_ALWAYS_SHARED], [PHP_ALWAYS_SHARED([$1])])
 ])
 
 dnl
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 16c4214ed88ac..1ef78095db906 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ PHP_SUBST([PHP_MINOR_VERSION])
 PHP_SUBST([PHP_RELEASE_VERSION])
 PHP_SUBST([PHP_EXTRA_VERSION])
 
-AC_DEFUN([PHP_ALWAYS_SHARED],[])dnl
-
 dnl Setting up the PHP version based on the information above.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------