diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 98d6068941..e2bf77f55d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3588,297 +3588,6 @@ EOF
   fi
 fi
 
-# check for fallocate
-fallocate=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <fcntl.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    fallocate(0, 0, 0, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  fallocate=yes
-fi
-
-# check for fallocate hole punching
-fallocate_punch_hole=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <linux/falloc.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    fallocate(0, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE, 0, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  fallocate_punch_hole=yes
-fi
-
-# check that fallocate supports range zeroing inside the file
-fallocate_zero_range=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <linux/falloc.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    fallocate(0, FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE, 0, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  fallocate_zero_range=yes
-fi
-
-# check for posix_fallocate
-posix_fallocate=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <fcntl.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    posix_fallocate(0, 0, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-    posix_fallocate=yes
-fi
-
-# check for sync_file_range
-sync_file_range=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <fcntl.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    sync_file_range(0, 0, 0, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  sync_file_range=yes
-fi
-
-# check for linux/fiemap.h and FS_IOC_FIEMAP
-fiemap=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/fiemap.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    ioctl(0, FS_IOC_FIEMAP, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  fiemap=yes
-fi
-
-# check for dup3
-dup3=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    dup3(0, 0, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  dup3=yes
-fi
-
-# check for ppoll support
-ppoll=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <poll.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    struct pollfd pfd = { .fd = 0, .events = 0, .revents = 0 };
-    ppoll(&pfd, 1, 0, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  ppoll=yes
-fi
-
-# check for prctl(PR_SET_TIMERSLACK , ... ) support
-prctl_pr_set_timerslack=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/prctl.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    prctl(PR_SET_TIMERSLACK, 1, 0, 0, 0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  prctl_pr_set_timerslack=yes
-fi
-
-# check for epoll support
-epoll=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    epoll_create(0);
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  epoll=yes
-fi
-
-# epoll_create1 is a later addition
-# so we must check separately for its presence
-epoll_create1=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    /* Note that we use epoll_create1 as a value, not as
-     * a function being called. This is necessary so that on
-     * old SPARC glibc versions where the function was present in
-     * the library but not declared in the header file we will
-     * fail the configure check. (Otherwise we will get a compiler
-     * warning but not an error, and will proceed to fail the
-     * qemu compile where we compile with -Werror.)
-     */
-    return (int)(uintptr_t)&epoll_create1;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  epoll_create1=yes
-fi
-
-# check for sendfile support
-sendfile=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/sendfile.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    return sendfile(0, 0, 0, 0);
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  sendfile=yes
-fi
-
-# check for timerfd support (glibc 2.8 and newer)
-timerfd=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/timerfd.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    return(timerfd_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, 0));
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  timerfd=yes
-fi
-
-# check for setns and unshare support
-setns=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sched.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    int ret;
-    ret = setns(0, 0);
-    ret = unshare(0);
-    return ret;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  setns=yes
-fi
-
-# clock_adjtime probe
-clock_adjtime=no
-cat > $TMPC <<EOF
-#include <time.h>
-#include <sys/timex.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    return clock_adjtime(0, 0);
-}
-EOF
-clock_adjtime=no
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  clock_adjtime=yes
-fi
-
-# syncfs probe
-syncfs=no
-cat > $TMPC <<EOF
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    return syncfs(0);
-}
-EOF
-syncfs=no
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  syncfs=yes
-fi
-
-# Search for bswap_32 function
-byteswap_h=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <byteswap.h>
-int main(void) { return bswap_32(0); }
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  byteswap_h=yes
-fi
-
-# Search for bswap32 function
-bswap_h=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/endian.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <machine/bswap.h>
-int main(void) { return bswap32(0); }
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  bswap_h=yes
-fi
-
-# Check whether we have openpty() in either libc or libutil
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-extern int openpty(int *am, int *as, char *name, void *termp, void *winp);
-int main(void) { return openpty(0, 0, 0, 0, 0); }
-EOF
-
-have_openpty="no"
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-  have_openpty="yes"
-else
-  if compile_prog "" "-lutil" ; then
-    have_openpty="yes"
-  fi
-fi
-
 ##########################################
 # spice probe
 if test "$spice_protocol" != "no" ; then
@@ -4114,19 +3823,6 @@ if compile_prog "" "" ; then
     st_atim=yes
 fi
 
-##########################################
-# check if we have sigev_notify_thread_id
-
-sigev_notify_thread_id=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-int main(void) { return offsetof(struct sigevent, sigev_notify_thread_id); }
-EOF
-if compile_prog "" "" ; then
-    sigev_notify_thread_id=yes
-fi
-
 ##########################################
 # check if trace backend exists
 
@@ -5265,54 +4961,6 @@ fi
 if test "$have_usbfs" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_USBFS=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "$fallocate" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_FALLOCATE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$fallocate_punch_hole" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_FALLOCATE_PUNCH_HOLE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$fallocate_zero_range" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_FALLOCATE_ZERO_RANGE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$posix_fallocate" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_POSIX_FALLOCATE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$sync_file_range" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_SYNC_FILE_RANGE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$fiemap" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_FIEMAP=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$dup3" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_DUP3=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$ppoll" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_PPOLL=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$prctl_pr_set_timerslack" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_PRCTL_PR_SET_TIMERSLACK=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$epoll" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_EPOLL=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$epoll_create1" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$sendfile" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_SENDFILE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$timerfd" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_TIMERFD=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$setns" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_SETNS=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$clock_adjtime" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_CLOCK_ADJTIME=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$syncfs" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_SYNCFS=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$inotify" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_INOTIFY=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
@@ -5328,15 +4976,6 @@ fi
 if test "$st_atim" = "yes" ; then
   echo "HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_ATIM=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "$sigev_notify_thread_id" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "HAVE_SIGEV_NOTIFY_THREAD_ID=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$byteswap_h" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_BYTESWAP_H=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-if test "$bswap_h" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_MACHINE_BSWAP_H=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$gio" = "yes" ; then
     echo "CONFIG_GIO=y" >> $config_host_mak
     echo "GIO_CFLAGS=$gio_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
@@ -5346,9 +4985,6 @@ if test "$gdbus_codegen" != "" ; then
     echo "GDBUS_CODEGEN=$gdbus_codegen" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 echo "CONFIG_TLS_PRIORITY=\"$tls_priority\"" >> $config_host_mak
-if test "$have_openpty" = "yes" ; then
-    echo "HAVE_OPENPTY=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 
 # Work around a system header bug with some kernel/XFS header
 # versions where they both try to define 'struct fsxattr':
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 79b5834266..29a050066e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1051,10 +1051,12 @@ endif
 
 # Check whether the glibc provides statx()
 
-statx_test = '''
+gnu_source_prefix = '''
   #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
   #define _GNU_SOURCE
   #endif
+'''
+statx_test = gnu_source_prefix + '''
   #include <sys/stat.h>
   int main(void) {
     struct statx statxbuf;
@@ -1257,6 +1259,7 @@ config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION_MICRO', meson.project_version().split('.')[2]
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_HOST_BLOCK_DEVICE', have_host_block_device)
 
 # has_header
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_EPOLL', cc.has_header('sys/epoll.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_BTRFS_H', cc.has_header('linux/btrfs.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_DRM_H', cc.has_header('libdrm/drm.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_PTY_H', cc.has_header('pty.h'))
@@ -1265,9 +1268,45 @@ config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYS_IOCCOM_H', cc.has_header('sys/ioccom.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYS_KCOV_H', cc.has_header('sys/kcov.h'))
 
 # has_function
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_CLOCK_ADJTIME', cc.has_function('clock_adjtime'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_DUP3', cc.has_function('dup3'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FALLOCATE', cc.has_function('fallocate'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_POSIX_FALLOCATE', cc.has_function('posix_fallocate'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PPOLL', cc.has_function('ppoll'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PREADV', cc.has_function('preadv', prefix: '#include <sys/uio.h>'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SENDFILE', cc.has_function('sendfile'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SETNS', cc.has_function('setns') and cc.has_function('unshare'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SYNCFS', cc.has_function('syncfs'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SYNC_FILE_RANGE', cc.has_function('sync_file_range'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_TIMERFD', cc.has_function('timerfd_create'))
+config_host_data.set('HAVE_OPENPTY', cc.has_function('openpty', dependencies: util))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYSTEM_FUNCTION', cc.has_function('system', prefix: '#include <stdlib.h>'))
 
+# has_header_symbol
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_BYTESWAP_H',
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('byteswap.h', 'bswap_32'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1',
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('sys/epoll.h', 'epoll_create1'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FALLOCATE_PUNCH_HOLE',
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('linux/falloc.h', 'FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE') and
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('linux/falloc.h', 'FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FALLOCATE_ZERO_RANGE',
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('linux/falloc.h', 'FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FIEMAP',
+                     cc.has_header('linux/fiemap.h') and
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('linux/fs.h', 'FS_IOC_FIEMAP'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_MACHINE_BSWAP_H',
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('machine/bswap.h', 'bswap32',
+                                          prefix: '''#include <sys/endian.h>
+                                                     #include <sys/types.h>'''))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PRCTL_PR_SET_TIMERSLACK',
+                     cc.has_header_symbol('sys/prctl.h', 'PR_SET_TIMERSLACK'))
+
+# has_member
+config_host_data.set('HAVE_SIGEV_NOTIFY_THREAD_ID',
+                     cc.has_member('struct sigevent', 'sigev_notify_thread_id',
+                                   prefix: '#include <signal.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>
diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
index 6af05a5716..0ffd7f4bde 100644
--- a/util/meson.build
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ util_ss.add(files('osdep.c', 'cutils.c', 'unicode.c', 'qemu-timer-common.c'))
 util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ATOMIC64', if_false: files('atomic64.c'))
 util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_POSIX', if_true: files('aio-posix.c'))
 util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_POSIX', if_true: files('fdmon-poll.c'))
-util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1', if_true: files('fdmon-epoll.c'))
+if config_host_data.get('CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1')
+  util_ss.add(files('fdmon-epoll.c'))
+endif
 util_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_LINUX_IO_URING', linux_io_uring], if_true: files('fdmon-io_uring.c'))
 util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_POSIX', if_true: files('compatfd.c'))
 util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_POSIX', if_true: files('event_notifier-posix.c'))