--- nmap/configure
+++ nmap/configure
@@ -5762,10 +5762,6 @@
 
 fi;
 
-if test $linux = yes; then
-  have_libpcap=no
-fi
-
 if test $needs_cpp_precomp = yes; then
   CXXFLAGS="-no-cpp-precomp $CXXFLAGS"
 fi
@@ -5781,8 +5781,8 @@
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if libpcap version is recent enough" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking if libpcap version is recent enough... $ECHO_C" >&6
   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; have_libpcap=no
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6; have_libpcap=yes
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */