--- rxvt-unicode/configure	2003/12/18 00:38:07	1.2
+++ rxvt-unicode/configure	2003/12/18 01:08:05	1.3
@@ -9731,10 +9731,13 @@
 support_xft=no
 fi
 
-  cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
+
+  if test x$support_xft = xyes; then
+    cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
 #define XFT 1
 EOF
 
+  fi
 fi
 
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