diff -urN a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
       AC_VMW_CHECK_LIB([dnet],
                        [DNET],
                        [],
-                       [dnet-config],
+                       [],
                        [],
                        [dnet.h],
                        [intf_open],