--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -91,38 +91,8 @@
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_UNIT_TEST, test x$enable_check = "xyes")
 
 # Checks for ncursesw
-OLDCFLAGS=$CFLAGS
-LIB_NAME=ncursesw
-NCURSESW_CFLAGS=
-NCURSESW_LIBS=
-for p in "$HOME/include" "$prefix/include" /usr/local/include /usr/include
-do
-	if test -f "$p/ncursesw/ncurses.h"
-	then
-		NCURSESW_CFLAGS="-I$p"
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSESW_NCURSES_H, 1, [ Define to 1 if you have the <ncursesw/ncurses.h> header file. ])
-		break
-	elif test -f "$p/ncurses/ncurses.h"
-	then
-		NCURSESW_CFLAGS="-I$p"
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSES_NCURSES_H, 1, [ Define to 1 if you have the <ncurses/ncurses.h> header file. ])
-		break
-	fi
-done
-
-for p in "$HOME/lib" "$prefix/lib" /usr/local/lib /usr/lib
-do
-	if test -f "$p/libncursesw.so"
-	then
-		if test "$p" != x/usr/lib
-		then
-			NCURSESW_LIBS="-L$p -lncursesw"
-		else
-			NCURSESW_LIBS="-lncursesw"
-		fi
-		break
-	fi
-done
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NCURSESW,ncursesw,
+	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSESW_NCURSES_H, 1, [ Define to 1 if you have the <ncursesw/ncurses.h> header file. ]),)
 
 enable_ncursesw=yes
 if test -z "$NCURSESW_CFLAGS"; then