diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 019f4235c4..527417cf4f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2145,54 +2145,50 @@ if test "$curl_ssl_msg" = "$init_ssl_msg"; then
       nssprefix=$OPT_NSS
     fi
 
-    # the following check is always satisfied
-    if test -n "$addlib"; then
-
-      CLEANLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-      CLEANLIBS="$LIBS"
-      CLEANCPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-
-      LDFLAGS="$addld $LDFLAGS"
-      LIBS="$addlib $LIBS"
-      if test "$addcflags" != "-I/usr/include"; then
-         CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $addcflags"
-      fi
-
-      dnl The function SSL_VersionRangeSet() is needed to enable TLS > 1.0
-      AC_CHECK_LIB(nss3, SSL_VersionRangeSet,
-       [
-       AC_DEFINE(USE_NSS, 1, [if NSS is enabled])
-       AC_SUBST(USE_NSS, [1])
-       USE_NSS="yes"
-       NSS_ENABLED=1
-       curl_ssl_msg="enabled (NSS)"
-       ],
-       [
-         LDFLAGS="$CLEANLDFLAGS"
-         LIBS="$CLEANLIBS"
-         CPPFLAGS="$CLEANCPPFLAGS"
-       ])
-
-      if test "x$USE_NSS" = "xyes"; then
-        AC_MSG_NOTICE([detected NSS version $version])
-
-        dnl needed when linking the curl tool without USE_EXPLICIT_LIB_DEPS
-        NSS_LIBS=$addlib
-        AC_SUBST([NSS_LIBS])
-
-        dnl when shared libs were found in a path that the run-time
-        dnl linker doesn't search through, we need to add it to
-        dnl LD_LIBRARY_PATH to prevent further configure tests to fail
-        dnl due to this
-        if test "x$cross_compiling" != "xyes"; then
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$nssprefix/lib$libsuff"
-          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-          AC_MSG_NOTICE([Added $nssprefix/lib$libsuff to LD_LIBRARY_PATH])
-        fi
-      fi
+    CLEANLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+    CLEANLIBS="$LIBS"
+    CLEANCPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
 
+    LDFLAGS="$addld $LDFLAGS"
+    LIBS="$addlib $LIBS"
+    if test "$addcflags" != "-I/usr/include"; then
+       CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $addcflags"
     fi
 
+    dnl The function SSL_VersionRangeSet() is needed to enable TLS > 1.0
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(nss3, SSL_VersionRangeSet,
+     [
+     AC_DEFINE(USE_NSS, 1, [if NSS is enabled])
+     AC_SUBST(USE_NSS, [1])
+     USE_NSS="yes"
+     NSS_ENABLED=1
+     curl_ssl_msg="enabled (NSS)"
+     ],
+     [
+       LDFLAGS="$CLEANLDFLAGS"
+       LIBS="$CLEANLIBS"
+       CPPFLAGS="$CLEANCPPFLAGS"
+     ])
+
+    if test "x$USE_NSS" = "xyes"; then
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([detected NSS version $version])
+
+      dnl needed when linking the curl tool without USE_EXPLICIT_LIB_DEPS
+      NSS_LIBS=$addlib
+      AC_SUBST([NSS_LIBS])
+
+      dnl when shared libs were found in a path that the run-time
+      dnl linker doesn't search through, we need to add it to
+      dnl LD_LIBRARY_PATH to prevent further configure tests to fail
+      dnl due to this
+      if test "x$cross_compiling" != "xyes"; then
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$nssprefix/lib$libsuff"
+        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE([Added $nssprefix/lib$libsuff to LD_LIBRARY_PATH])
+      fi
+
+    fi dnl NSS found
+
   fi dnl NSS not disabled
 
 fi dnl curl_ssl_msg = init_ssl_msg