diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ba508b70b9..a5411c834d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ bigendian="no"
 mingw32="no"
 gcov="no"
 EXESUF=""
-HOST_DSOSUF=".so"
 modules="no"
 module_upgrades="no"
 prefix="/usr/local"
@@ -594,9 +593,6 @@ fi
 # cross-compiling to one of these OSes then you'll need to specify
 # the correct CPU with the --cpu option.
 case $targetos in
-Darwin)
-  HOST_DSOSUF=".dylib"
-  ;;
 SunOS)
   # $(uname -m) returns i86pc even on an x86_64 box, so default based on isainfo
   if test -z "$cpu" && test "$(isainfo -k)" = "amd64"; then
@@ -785,7 +781,6 @@ fi
 
 if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
   EXESUF=".exe"
-  HOST_DSOSUF=".dll"
   # MinGW needs -mthreads for TLS and macro _MT.
   CONFIGURE_CFLAGS="-mthreads $CONFIGURE_CFLAGS"
   write_c_skeleton;
@@ -4638,7 +4633,6 @@ echo "GLIB_LIBS=$glib_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_LDFLAGS=$QEMU_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LD_I386_EMULATION=$ld_i386_emulation" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "HOST_DSOSUF=$HOST_DSOSUF" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LIBS_QGA=$libs_qga" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$gcov" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_GCOV=y" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6a5e7254ed..94b092ce4f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ iokit = []
 emulator_link_args = []
 nvmm =not_found
 hvf = not_found
+host_dsosuf = '.so'
 if targetos == 'windows'
   socket = cc.find_library('ws2_32')
   winmm = cc.find_library('winmm')
@@ -258,9 +259,11 @@ if targetos == 'windows'
   version_res = win.compile_resources('version.rc',
                                       depend_files: files('pc-bios/qemu-nsis.ico'),
                                       include_directories: include_directories('.'))
+  host_dsosuf = '.dll'
 elif targetos == 'darwin'
   coref = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'CoreFoundation')
   iokit = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'IOKit', required: false)
+  host_dsosuf = '.dylib'
 elif targetos == 'sunos'
   socket = [cc.find_library('socket'),
             cc.find_library('nsl'),
@@ -1458,6 +1461,7 @@ 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_quoted('CONFIG_HOST_DSOSUF', host_dsosuf)
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_HOST_BLOCK_DEVICE', have_host_block_device)
 
 # has_header
@@ -1603,10 +1607,9 @@ config_host_data.set('HAVE_BROKEN_SIZE_MAX', not cc.compiles('''
         return printf("%zu", SIZE_MAX);
     }''', args: ['-Werror']))
 
-
 ignored = ['CONFIG_QEMU_INTERP_PREFIX'] # actually per-target
 arrays = ['CONFIG_BDRV_RW_WHITELIST', 'CONFIG_BDRV_RO_WHITELIST']
-strings = ['HOST_DSOSUF', 'CONFIG_IASL']
+strings = ['CONFIG_IASL']
 foreach k, v: config_host
   if ignored.contains(k)
     # do nothing
@@ -1618,9 +1621,6 @@ foreach k, v: config_host
   elif k == 'ARCH'
     config_host_data.set('HOST_' + v.to_upper(), 1)
   elif strings.contains(k)
-    if not k.startswith('CONFIG_')
-      k = 'CONFIG_' + k.to_upper()
-    endif
     config_host_data.set_quoted(k, v)
   elif k.startswith('CONFIG_') or k.startswith('HAVE_') or k.startswith('HOST_')
     config_host_data.set(k, v == 'y' ? 1 : v)