diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c960d3b11..57eddd918 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ if test "x$TCL_PACKAGE_PATH" = x; then
              LIBS="$LIBS -lgc"])
     fi
 fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBGC_WANTED], [test "x$TCL_PACKAGE_PATH" = x && test "x$enable_gc" = xyes])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBGC], [test "x$TCL_PACKAGE_PATH" = x && test "x$enable_gc" = xyes])
 
 # check, if we have sigsetjmp and siglongjmp.
 # A trivial AC_CHECK_FUNCS(sigsetjmp) won't do because sigsetjmp() might be a
diff --git a/src/misc/Makefile.am b/src/misc/Makefile.am
index 09d4a6581..e20073994 100644
--- a/src/misc/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/misc/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 ### alloc.c ###
-if !HAVE_LIBGC_WANTED
+if !HAVE_LIBGC
 libmisc_la_SOURCES += alloc.c alloc.h
 endif