diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3b89882..e5e7930 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15,19 +15,12 @@ PKG_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto"
 PKG_CFLAGS=""
 
 # Use pkg-config if available
-pkg-config --version >/dev/null 2>&1
+pkg-config ${PKG_CONFIG_NAME} --atleast-version=1.0  2>/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
   PKGCONFIG_CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags ${PKG_CONFIG_NAME}`
   PKGCONFIG_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs ${PKG_CONFIG_NAME}`
 fi
 
-# Prevent OSX from linking against OpenSSL 0.9.8
-case "$OSTYPE" in "darwin"*)
-  unset PKGCONFIG_CFLAGS
-  unset PKGCONFIG_LIBS
-  ;;
-esac
-
 # Note that cflags may be empty in case of success
 if [ "$INCLUDE_DIR" ] || [ "$LIB_DIR" ]; then
   echo "Found INCLUDE_DIR and/or LIB_DIR!"