diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1df5c84811..39e61b2758 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2332,12 +2332,6 @@ else
   l2tpv3=no
 fi
 
-if check_include "pty.h" ; then
-  pty_h=yes
-else
-  pty_h=no
-fi
-
 cat > $TMPC <<EOF
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
@@ -6687,9 +6681,6 @@ if test "$sheepdog" = "yes" ; then
   add_to deprecated_features "sheepdog"
   echo "CONFIG_SHEEPDOG=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "$pty_h" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "HAVE_PTY_H=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$have_mlockall" = "yes" ; then
   echo "HAVE_MLOCKALL=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f344b25955..ef053c9837 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR', meson.project_version().split('.')[0]
 config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION_MINOR', meson.project_version().split('.')[1])
 config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION_MICRO', meson.project_version().split('.')[2])
 
+config_host_data.set('HAVE_PTY_H', cc.has_header('pty.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYS_IOCCOM_H', cc.has_header('sys/ioccom.h'))
 
 ignored = ['CONFIG_QEMU_INTERP_PREFIX'] # actually per-target