diff --git a/build/apr_common.m4 b/build/apr_common.m4
index f4e2dfd0a7..6f5782e674 100644
--- a/build/apr_common.m4
+++ b/build/apr_common.m4
@@ -504,13 +504,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([APR_TRY_COMPILE_NO_WARNING],
    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
  fi  
  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-  [AC_LANG_SOURCE(
-   [#include "confdefs.h"
-   ]
-   [[$1]]
-   [int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {]
+  [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+   [[$1]],
    [[$2]]
-   [   return 0; }]
   )], [CFLAGS=$apr_save_CFLAGS
 $3],  [CFLAGS=$apr_save_CFLAGS
 $4])