--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ### along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
 ### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.213 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.214 $)
 AC_PREREQ(2.9)
 AC_INIT(src/octave.cc)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -363,49 +363,41 @@
 AC_SUBST(SHARED_LIBS)
 
 DLFCN_DIR=
-if $SHARED_LIBS; then
-  CPICFLAG=-fPIC
-  CXXPICFLAG=-fPIC
-  FPICFLAG=-fPIC
-  SHLEXT=so
-  RLD_FLAG=
-  case "$canonical_host_type" in
-    alpha-dec-osf*)
-      CPICFLAG=
-      CXXPICFLAG=
-      FPICFLAG=
-      RLD_FLAG='-Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker $(libdir)'
-    ;;
-    rs6000-ibm-aix* | powerpc-ibm-aix*)
-      CPICFLAG=
-      CXXPICFLAG=
-      FPICFLAG=
-      DLFCN_DIR=dlfcn
-    ;;
-    hppa*-hp-hpux*)
-      FPICFLAG=+Z
-      SHLEXT=sl
-      RLD_FLAG='-Xlinker +b -Xlinker $(libdir)'
-    ;;
-    *-sgi-*)
-      FPICFLAG=-KPIC
-    ;;
-    sparc-sun-sunos4*)
-      FPICFLAG=-PIC
-      RLD_FLAG='-L $(libdir)'
-    ;;
-    sparc-sun-solaris2*)
-      FPICFLAG=-PIC
-      RLD_FLAG='-Xlinker -R -Xlinker $(libdir)'
-    ;;
-  esac
-else
-  FPICFLAG=
-  CPICFLAG=
-  CXXPICFLAG=
-  SHLEXT=
-  RLD_FLAG=
-fi
+CPICFLAG=-fPIC
+CXXPICFLAG=-fPIC
+FPICFLAG=-fPIC
+SHLEXT=so
+RLD_FLAG=
+case "$canonical_host_type" in
+  alpha-dec-osf*)
+    CPICFLAG=
+    CXXPICFLAG=
+    FPICFLAG=
+    RLD_FLAG='-Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker $(libdir)'
+  ;;
+  rs6000-ibm-aix* | powerpc-ibm-aix*)
+    CPICFLAG=
+    CXXPICFLAG=
+    FPICFLAG=
+    DLFCN_DIR=dlfcn
+  ;;
+  hppa*-hp-hpux*)
+    FPICFLAG=+Z
+    SHLEXT=sl
+    RLD_FLAG='-Xlinker +b -Xlinker $(libdir)'
+  ;;
+  *-sgi-*)
+    FPICFLAG=-KPIC
+  ;;
+  sparc-sun-sunos4*)
+    FPICFLAG=-PIC
+    RLD_FLAG='-L $(libdir)'
+  ;;
+  sparc-sun-solaris2*)
+    FPICFLAG=-PIC
+    RLD_FLAG='-Xlinker -R -Xlinker $(libdir)'
+  ;;
+esac
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining FPICFLAG to be $FPICFLAG])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining CPICFLAG to be $CPICFLAG])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining CXXPICFLAG to be $CXXPICFLAG])