diff --git a/src/cf/curses.m4 b/src/cf/curses.m4
index 261305ce18..24c6535547 100644
--- a/src/cf/curses.m4
+++ b/src/cf/curses.m4
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([_OPENAFS_CURSES_GETMAXYX_XTI],
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([getmaxyx macro], [openafs_cv_curses_getmaxyx],
    [save_LIBS="$LIBS"
     LIBS="$LIBS $LIB_curses"
-    AC_TRY_LINK(_OPENAFS_CURSES_HEADERS,
-		[int mx, my; initscr(); getmaxyx(stdscr, my, mx); endwin();],
+    AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+      [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+		_OPENAFS_CURSES_HEADERS,
+		[int mx, my; initscr(); getmaxyx(stdscr, my, mx); endwin();])],
 		[openafs_cv_curses_getmaxyx=yes],
 		[openafs_cv_curses_getmaxyx=no])
     LIBS="$save_LIBS"])