--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@
 if test "x$WHERE_MYSQL" != "x"; then
   old_LIBS="$LIBS"
   old_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$WHERE_MYSQL/lib/mysql"
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(mysqlclient, my_init,
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(mysqlclient, mysql_init,
     [
       MYSQLCFLAGS="-I$WHERE_MYSQL/include/mysql"
-      MYSQLLDFLAGS="-L$WHERE_MYSQL/lib/mysql"
       MYSQLLIB="-lmysqlclient"
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MYSQL, 1, [Do we have to build MySQL support])
     ]