diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 7a31a0a6b5..68461b45f2 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config.h
 config.h.in
 cscope.out
 cscope.files
+depcomp
 etags.files
 gnucash-config
 install-sh
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1a9cc2ca36..f367796fcb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -634,10 +634,10 @@ then
       if test $enableval = yes; then
          EFENCE_LIBS="-lefence"
          USE_EFENCE=1
+	 AC_DEFINE(USE_EFENCE)
       fi,
       USE_EFENCE=0
       EFENCE_LIBS="")
-    AC_DEFINE(USE_EFENCE)
     AC_SUBST(EFENCE_LIBS)
     
     ## Things guppi needs (actually are these guppi dependencies or gtkhtml's?)