diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a524104120..98d6068941 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2375,20 +2375,6 @@ if test "$softmmu" = "no"; then
     audio_drv_list=""
 fi
 
-##########################################
-# Some versions of Mac OS X incorrectly define SIZE_MAX
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-    return printf("%zu", SIZE_MAX);
-}
-EOF
-have_broken_size_max=no
-if ! compile_object -Werror ; then
-    have_broken_size_max=yes
-fi
-
 ##########################################
 # L2TPV3 probe
 
@@ -5360,9 +5346,6 @@ if test "$gdbus_codegen" != "" ; then
     echo "GDBUS_CODEGEN=$gdbus_codegen" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 echo "CONFIG_TLS_PRIORITY=\"$tls_priority\"" >> $config_host_mak
-if test "$have_broken_size_max" = "yes" ; then
-    echo "HAVE_BROKEN_SIZE_MAX=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$have_openpty" = "yes" ; then
     echo "HAVE_OPENPTY=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b5dcc3d70e..79b5834266 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1268,6 +1268,15 @@ config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYS_KCOV_H', cc.has_header('sys/kcov.h'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PREADV', cc.has_function('preadv', prefix: '#include <sys/uio.h>'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYSTEM_FUNCTION', cc.has_function('system', prefix: '#include <stdlib.h>'))
 
+# Some versions of Mac OS X incorrectly define SIZE_MAX
+config_host_data.set('HAVE_BROKEN_SIZE_MAX', not cc.compiles('''
+    #include <stdint.h>
+    #include <stdio.h>
+    int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+        return printf("%zu", SIZE_MAX);
+    }''', args: ['-Werror']))
+
+
 ignored = ['CONFIG_QEMU_INTERP_PREFIX'] # actually per-target
 arrays = ['CONFIG_AUDIO_DRIVERS', 'CONFIG_BDRV_RW_WHITELIST', 'CONFIG_BDRV_RO_WHITELIST']
 strings = ['HOST_DSOSUF', 'CONFIG_IASL']