diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3481299..e0efde9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ AC_SUBST(LT_NO_UNDEFINED)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to avoid circular linkage at all costs])
 case $host in
-  *-*-cygwin*)
+  *linux*)
     AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
     AC_DEFINE([SVN_AVOID_CIRCULAR_LINKAGE_AT_ALL_COSTS_HACK], 1,
               [Define if circular linkage is not possible on this platform.])
diff --git a/subversion/bindings/swig/perl/native/Makefile.PL.in b/subversion/bindings/swig/perl/native/Makefile.PL.in
index 27d507c..d496273 100644
--- a/subversion/bindings/swig/perl/native/Makefile.PL.in
+++ b/subversion/bindings/swig/perl/native/Makefile.PL.in
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ my $apu_cflags = '@SVN_APRUTIL_INCLUDES@';
 # SWIG is using C++ style comments in an extern "C" code.
 $cflags =~ s/-ansi\s+//g;
 
-# According to the log of r7937, the flags guarded by the conditional break
-# the build on FreeBSD if not conditionalized.
-my $apr_ldflags = '@SVN_APR_LIBS@'
-   if $^O eq 'darwin' or $^O eq 'cygwin';
+my $apr_ldflags = '@SVN_APR_LIBS@';
 
 chomp $apr_shlib_path_var;
 
