diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ebbb8e5f7..377ef9a4a0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6186,7 +6186,6 @@ echocheck "FFmpeg libavcodec"
 if test "$_libavcodec_a" = auto ; then
   # Note: static linking is preferred to dynamic linking
   _libavcodec=no
-  _res_comment="static"
   if test -d libavcodec && test -f libavcodec/utils.c ; then
     _res_comment="old ffmpeg version, use CVS !"
     if grep avcodec_find_encoder_by_name libavcodec/utils.c > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
@@ -6207,7 +6206,7 @@ EOF
       _res_comment="libavutil availability does not fit libavcodec version"
       if test "$_libavutil_required" = "$_libavutil_a"; then
         _libavcodec_a="yes"
-        _res_comment=""
+        _res_comment="static"
       fi
     fi
   fi