diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85747f6262..74dd99ae05 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -250,9 +250,7 @@ if(NOT MSVC)
       set(ZMQ_HAVE_LIBBSD 1)
     endif()
   endif()
-  if(NOT WITH_LIBBSD OR NOT LIBBSD_FOUND)
-    check_cxx_symbol_exists(strlcpy string.h ZMQ_HAVE_STRLCPY)
-  endif()
+  check_cxx_symbol_exists(strlcpy string.h ZMQ_HAVE_STRLCPY)
 endif()
 
 # Select curve encryption library, defaults to tweetnacl To use libsodium instead, use --with-libsodium(must be
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 58a78e75ef..a7a1609af2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -812,20 +812,18 @@ if test "x$enable_libbsd" != "xno"; then
             fi
         ])
 fi
-if test "x$found_libbsd" != "xyes"; then
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether strlcpy is available])
-    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-        [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-            [[#include <string.h>]],
-            [[char buf [100]; size_t bar = strlcpy (buf, "foo", 100); (void)bar; return 0;]])
-        ],[
-            AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-            AC_DEFINE(ZMQ_HAVE_STRLCPY, [1],
-                [strlcpy is available])
-        ],[
-            AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-    ])
-fi
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether strlcpy is available])
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+    [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+        [[#include <string.h>]],
+        [[char buf [100]; size_t bar = strlcpy (buf, "foo", 100); (void)bar; return 0;]])
+    ],[
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+        AC_DEFINE(ZMQ_HAVE_STRLCPY, [1],
+            [strlcpy is available])
+    ],[
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+])
 
 # pthread_setname is non-posix, and there are at least 4 different implementations
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether signature of pthread_setname_np() has 1 argument])
diff --git a/src/compat.hpp b/src/compat.hpp
index 7c7a89275f..47744b98e2 100644
--- a/src/compat.hpp
+++ b/src/compat.hpp
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@
 #define strcasecmp _stricmp
 #define strtok_r strtok_s
 #else
+#ifndef ZMQ_HAVE_STRLCPY
 #ifdef ZMQ_HAVE_LIBBSD
 #include <bsd/string.h>
-#elif !defined(ZMQ_HAVE_STRLCPY)
+#else
 static inline size_t
 strlcpy (char *dest_, const char *src_, const size_t dest_size_)
 {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ strlcpy (char *dest_, const char *src_, const size_t dest_size_)
     return dest_size_ - remain;
 }
 #endif
+#endif
 template <size_t size>
 static inline int strcpy_s (char (&dest_)[size], const char *const src_)
 {