diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 06e35169be..7d19b8e6e7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7038,8 +7038,7 @@ fi
 # Fall back on default directory.
 if test -z "$_codecsdir" ; then
   _codecsdir="$_libdir/codecs"
-  mingw32 && _codecsdir="codecs"
-  os2 && _codecsdir="codecs"
+  mingw32 || os2 && _codecsdir="codecs"
 fi