diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3f135b1..889cba8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@
 
 AX_THRIFT_LIB(java, [Java], yes)
 if test "$with_java" = "yes";  then
+  AX_JAVAC_AND_JAVA
   AC_PATH_PROG([ANT], [ant])
-  AX_PROG_JAVAC
-  AX_PROG_JAVA
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_JAVA],
                [test -n "$ANT" -a -n "$JAVA" -a -n "$JAVAC"])