diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2cfa90720..b1e96259e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ if test "${with_myddas+set}" = set; then
 		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I${yap_cv_myddas}/include"
 	fi
 else
-  yap_cv_myddas=yes
+  yap_cv_myddas=no
 fi;
 
 # Check whether --enable-myddas-stats or --disable-myddas-stats was given.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2bdc257eb..83c6aba2e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(myddas,
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L${yap_cv_myddas}/lib"
 		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I${yap_cv_myddas}/include"
 	fi,
-	[yap_cv_myddas=yes])
+	[yap_cv_myddas=no])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(myddas-stats,
 	[ --enable-myddas-stats     enable the MYDDAS library statistics support],