--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -24658,9 +24658,6 @@
 	LDFLAGS_orig="$LDFLAGS"
 	LIBS="$G_MODULE_LIBS $LIBS"
 	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $G_MODULE_LDFLAGS"
-	echo "void glib_plugin_test(void) { }" > plugin.c
-	${SHELL} ./libtool --mode=compile ${CC} -shared \
-		-export-dynamic -o plugin.o plugin.c 2>&1 >/dev/null
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for RTLD_GLOBAL brokenness" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for RTLD_GLOBAL brokenness... " >&6; }
 if test "${glib_cv_rtldglobal_broken+set}" = set; then :
@@ -24670,6 +24667,9 @@
 		if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
   glib_cv_rtldglobal_broken=no
 else
+	echo "void glib_plugin_test(void) { }" > plugin.c
+	${SHELL} ./libtool --mode=compile ${CC} -shared \
+		-export-dynamic -o plugin.o plugin.c 2>&1 >/dev/null
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */