diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 934ac3abfd..0fc63cbfca 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ EOF
   exit 0
 }
 
-quotes='""'
 if test -t 1 && which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
     if test -n "$ncolors" && test $ncolors -ge 8; then
@@ -3733,6 +3732,8 @@ enable_weak $HWACCEL_AUTODETECT_LIBRARY_LIST
 
 disabled logging && logfile=/dev/null
 
+# command line configuration sanity checks
+
 # we need to build at least one lib type
 if ! enabled_any static shared; then
     cat <<EOF
@@ -3884,11 +3885,10 @@ case "$toolchain" in
     ;;
 esac
 
-test -n "$cross_prefix" && enable cross_compile
-
-if enabled cross_compile; then
+if test -n "$cross_prefix"; then
     test -n "$arch" && test -n "$target_os" ||
         die "Must specify target arch (--arch) and OS (--target-os) when cross-compiling"
+    enable cross_compile
 fi
 
 ar_default="${cross_prefix}${ar_default}"
@@ -4889,7 +4889,7 @@ case $target_os in
         ;;
     sunos)
         SHFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-h,$$(@F)'
-        enabled x86 && SHFLAGS="-mimpure-text $SHFLAGS"
+        enabled x86 && append SHFLAGS -mimpure-text
         network_extralibs="-lsocket -lnsl"
         add_cppflags -D__EXTENSIONS__
         # When using suncc to build, the Solaris linker will mark
@@ -5774,16 +5774,13 @@ if ! disabled pthreads && ! enabled w32threads && ! enabled os2threads; then
         enable pthreads
     fi
     check_code cc "pthread.h" "static pthread_mutex_t atomic_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER" || disable pthreads
+
+    if enabled pthreads; then
+        check_builtin sem_timedwait semaphore.h "sem_t *s; sem_init(s,0,0); sem_timedwait(s,0); sem_destroy(s)" $pthreads_extralibs
+        check_func pthread_cancel $pthreads_extralibs
+    fi
 fi
 
-
-if enabled pthreads; then
-  check_func pthread_cancel $pthreads_extralibs
-fi
-
-enabled pthreads &&
-    check_builtin sem_timedwait semaphore.h "sem_t *s; sem_init(s,0,0); sem_timedwait(s,0); sem_destroy(s)" $pthreads_extralibs
-
 enabled  zlib && check_lib zlib   zlib.h      zlibVersion    -lz
 enabled bzlib && check_lib bzlib bzlib.h BZ2_bzlibVersion    -lbz2
 enabled  lzma && check_lib lzma   lzma.h lzma_version_number -llzma
@@ -6292,6 +6289,7 @@ if enabled proper_dce; then
     echo "X { local: *; };" > $TMPV
     if test_ldflags -Wl,${version_script},$TMPV; then
         append SHFLAGS '-Wl,${version_script},\$(SUBDIR)lib\$(NAME).ver'
+        quotes='""'
         check_cc <<EOF && enable symver_asm_label
 void ff_foo(void) __asm__ ("av_foo@VERSION");
 void ff_foo(void) { ${inline_asm+__asm__($quotes);} }