diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 6756bf55294..88e51bacec2 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ static int
 check_executable (filename)
      char *filename;
 {
-#ifdef __HURD__
+#ifdef HAVE_EACCESS
   return (eaccess (filename, 1) >= 0);
 #else
   /* Access isn't quite right because it uses the real uid
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ static int
 check_writable (filename)
      char *filename;
 {
-#ifdef __HURD__
+#ifdef HAVE_EACCESS
   return (eaccess (filename, 2) >= 0);
 #else
   /* Access isn't quite right because it uses the real uid