--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -396,7 +396,2 @@
 EOF
-    check_cc() {
-	which "$1" 2> /dev/null
-	return $?
-    }
-
     if "$cc" -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
@@ -407,3 +402,3 @@
 	    for compat_cc in $gcc3_list ; do
-		if check_cc "$cross_prefix$compat_cc" ; then
+		if "$cross_prefix$compat_cc" --version > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
 		    echo "Found \"$compat_cc\""