diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4-1.4.17.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4-1.4.17.inc
index 790678e288..3133e99c33 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4-1.4.17.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4-1.4.17.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require m4.inc
 
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--without-libsigsegv-prefix"
+
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504\
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4.inc
index e473e23824..4a83929f0c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ GNU M4 also has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands,
 
 inherit autotools texinfo
 
-EXTRA_OECONF += "--without-libsigsegv-prefix"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "'infodir=${infodir}'"
 LDFLAGS_prepend_libc-uclibc = " -lrt "
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/m4/m4-${PV}.tar.gz"