--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6471,11 +6471,9 @@ enabled mbedtls           && { check_pkg
                                die "ERROR: mbedTLS not found"; }
 enabled mediacodec        && { enabled jni || die "ERROR: mediacodec requires --enable-jni"; }
 ( enabled rpi ||
-  enabled mmal )          && { check_lib mmal interface/mmal/mmal.h mmal_port_connect -lmmal_core -lmmal_util -lmmal_vc_client -lbcm_host ||
-                               { ! enabled cross_compile &&
-                                 add_cflags -isystem/opt/vc/include/ -isystem/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux -isystem/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads -fgnu89-inline &&
-                                 add_ldflags -L/opt/vc/lib/ &&
-                                 check_lib mmal interface/mmal/mmal.h mmal_port_connect -lmmal_core -lmmal_util -lmmal_vc_client -lbcm_host -lvcos -lvcsm -lvchostif -lvchiq_arm; } ||
+  enabled mmal )          && { { add_cflags -isystem/opt/vc/include/ -isystem/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux -isystem/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads -fgnu89-inline &&
+                               add_ldflags -L/opt/vc/lib/ &&
+                               check_lib mmal interface/mmal/mmal.h mmal_port_connect -lmmal_core -lmmal_util -lmmal_vc_client -lbcm_host -lvcsm -lvchostif -lvchiq_arm -lvcos; } ||
                                die "ERROR: mmal not found" &&
                                check_func_headers interface/mmal/mmal.h "MMAL_PARAMETER_VIDEO_MAX_NUM_CALLBACKS"; }
 enabled openal            && { { for al_extralibs in "${OPENAL_LIBS}" "-lopenal" "-lOpenAL32"; do