diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a279c8..8e771ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
     check_include_files(fcntl.h HAVE_FCNTL_H)
     check_function_exists(fpclass HAVE_FPCLASS)
     check_function_exists(ftime HAVE_FTIME)
-    check_function_exists(getentropy HAVE_GETENTROPY)
+    check_symbol_exists(getentropy "sys/random.h" HAVE_GETENTROPY)
     check_function_exists(gettimeofday HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
     check_library_exists(history append_history "" HAVE_LIBHISTORY)
     check_library_exists(readline readline "" HAVE_LIBREADLINE)
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
     check_function_exists(stat HAVE_STAT)
     check_include_files(stdint.h HAVE_STDINT_H)
     check_include_files(sys/mman.h HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H)
-    check_include_files(sys/random.h HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H)
     check_include_files(sys/select.h HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H)
     check_include_files(sys/socket.h HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H)
     check_include_files(sys/stat.h HAVE_SYS_STAT_H)
diff --git a/config.h.cmake.in b/config.h.cmake.in
index 2f4aeba..79f1cdb 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake.in
+++ b/config.h.cmake.in
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/mman.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H 1
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/random.h> header file. */
-#cmakedefine HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H 1
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/select.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H 1
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 48cd2f0..0f09c61 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h unistd.h sys/stat.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/mman.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h sys/timeb.h])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/random.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([dl.h dlfcn.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([glob.h])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_GLOB, test "$ac_cv_header_glob_h" = "yes")
@@ -317,9 +316,7 @@ AH_VERBATIM([HAVE_MUNMAP_AFTER],[/* mmap() is no good without munmap() */
 #  undef /**/ HAVE_MMAP
 #endif])
 
-AC_CHECK_DECL([getentropy],
-              [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GETENTROPY], [1], [getentropy])], [],
-              [#include <sys/random.h>])
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([getentropy], [], [], [#include <sys/random.h>])
 
 dnl
 dnl Checks for inet libraries
diff --git a/dict.c b/dict.c
index 49e1c6b..46bb4d4 100644
--- a/dict.c
+++ b/dict.c
@@ -928,13 +928,11 @@ xmlDictQLookup(xmlDictPtr dict, const xmlChar *prefix, const xmlChar *name) {
   #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
   #include <windows.h>
   #include <bcrypt.h>
-#elif defined(HAVE_GETENTROPY)
+#elif HAVE_GETENTROPY
   #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
     #include <unistd.h>
   #endif
-  #ifdef HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H
-    #include <sys/random.h>
-  #endif
+  #include <sys/random.h>
 #else
   #include <time.h>
 #endif
@@ -965,7 +963,7 @@ xmlInitRandom(void) {
                     "error code %lu\n", GetLastError());
             abort();
         }
-#elif defined(HAVE_GETENTROPY)
+#elif HAVE_GETENTROPY
         while (1) {
             if (getentropy(globalRngState, sizeof(globalRngState)) == 0)
                 break;