diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d934ee0708..76b6b18eac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-20  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	Clean up the test for lame presets
+
 2004-08-19  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e491469bff..0bea10d893 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1196,11 +1196,8 @@ GST_CHECK_FEATURE(LAME, [lame mp3 encoder library], lame, [
   GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER(LAME, mp3lame, lame_init, -lm, lame/lame.h, HAVE_LAME="yes" LAME_LIBS="-lmp3lame -lm")
 ])
 dnl is lame presets available
-ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS="$LAME_LIBS"
 LAME_CFLAGS=""
-AC_CHECK_FUNC(lame_set_preset, LAME_CFLAGS="-DGSTLAME_PRESET",)
-LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"				
+GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER(GSTLAME_PRESET, mp3lame, lame_set_preset, -lm, lame/lame.h, LAME_CFLAGS="-DGSTLAME_PRESET", LAME_CFLAGS="")
 AC_SUBST(LAME_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(LAME_LIBS)