diff --git a/sim/ppc/configure b/sim/ppc/configure
index 32886507185..7104a998681 100755
--- a/sim/ppc/configure
+++ b/sim/ppc/configure
@@ -1495,48 +1495,6 @@ fi
 
 } # ac_fn_c_try_compile
 
-# ac_fn_c_try_run LINENO
-# ----------------------
-# Try to link conftest.$ac_ext, and return whether this succeeded. Assumes
-# that executables *can* be run.
-ac_fn_c_try_run ()
-{
-  as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$1"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-  if { { ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
-$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  test $ac_status = 0; } && { ac_try='./conftest$ac_exeext'
-  { { case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
-$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
-  (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  test $ac_status = 0; }; }; then :
-  ac_retval=0
-else
-  $as_echo "$as_me: program exited with status $ac_status" >&5
-       $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-       ac_retval=$ac_status
-fi
-  rm -rf conftest.dSYM conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo
-  eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
-  as_fn_set_status $ac_retval
-
-} # ac_fn_c_try_run
-
 # ac_fn_c_check_type LINENO TYPE VAR INCLUDES
 # -------------------------------------------
 # Tests whether TYPE exists after having included INCLUDES, setting cache
@@ -1628,6 +1586,48 @@ fi
 
 } # ac_fn_c_try_cpp
 
+# ac_fn_c_try_run LINENO
+# ----------------------
+# Try to link conftest.$ac_ext, and return whether this succeeded. Assumes
+# that executables *can* be run.
+ac_fn_c_try_run ()
+{
+  as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$1"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
+  if { { ac_try="$ac_link"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+  (eval "$ac_link") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; } && { ac_try='./conftest$ac_exeext'
+  { { case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+  (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; }; }; then :
+  ac_retval=0
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: program exited with status $ac_status" >&5
+       $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+       ac_retval=$ac_status
+fi
+  rm -rf conftest.dSYM conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo
+  eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
+  as_fn_set_status $ac_retval
+
+} # ac_fn_c_try_run
+
 # ac_fn_c_check_header_compile LINENO HEADER VAR INCLUDES
 # -------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests whether HEADER exists and can be compiled using the include files in
@@ -3182,10 +3182,6 @@ $as_echo_n "checking whether System V semaphores are supported... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_sysv_sem+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-
-  if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  :
-else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
@@ -3199,29 +3195,28 @@ else
     ushort *array;
   };
 #endif
-  int main () {
-    union semun arg ;
+int
+main ()
+{
 
-    int id=semget(IPC_PRIVATE,1,IPC_CREAT|0400);
-    if (id == -1)
-      exit(1);
-    arg.val = 0; /* avoid implicit type cast to union */
-    if (semctl(id, 0, IPC_RMID, arg) == -1)
-      exit(1);
-    exit(0);
-  }
+  union semun arg;
+  int id = semget(IPC_PRIVATE, 1, IPC_CREAT|0400);
+  if (id == -1)
+    return 1;
+  arg.val = 0; /* avoid implicit type cast to union */
+  if (semctl(id, 0, IPC_RMID, arg) == -1)
+    return 1;
 
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
 _ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
   ac_cv_sysv_sem="yes"
 else
   ac_cv_sysv_sem="no"
 fi
-rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
-  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-
-
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sysv_sem" >&5
 $as_echo "$ac_cv_sysv_sem" >&6; }
@@ -3231,36 +3226,32 @@ $as_echo_n "checking whether System V shared memory is supported... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_sysv_shm+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-
-if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  :
-else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/ipc.h>
 #include <sys/shm.h>
-int main () {
-  int id=shmget(IPC_PRIVATE,1,IPC_CREAT|0400);
-  if (id == -1)
-    exit(1);
-  if (shmctl(id, IPC_RMID, 0) == -1)
-    exit(1);
-  exit(0);
-}
+int
+main ()
+{
 
+  int id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 1, IPC_CREAT|0400);
+  if (id == -1)
+    return 1;
+  if (shmctl(id, IPC_RMID, 0) == -1)
+    return 1;
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
 _ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
   ac_cv_sysv_shm="yes"
 else
   ac_cv_sysv_shm="no"
 fi
-rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
-  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-
-
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sysv_shm" >&5
 $as_echo "$ac_cv_sysv_shm" >&6; }
diff --git a/sim/ppc/configure.ac b/sim/ppc/configure.ac
index 50afce74303..b78a09d9b58 100644
--- a/sim/ppc/configure.ac
+++ b/sim/ppc/configure.ac
@@ -111,10 +111,8 @@ AS_IF([test x"$ac_cv_has_union_semun" = x"yes"], [dnl
 ])
 
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether System V semaphores are supported],
-  ac_cv_sysv_sem,
-  [
-  AC_TRY_RUN(
-  [
+  [ac_cv_sysv_sem],
+  [AC_TRY_COMPILE([
   #include <sys/types.h>
   #include <sys/ipc.h>
   #include <sys/sem.h>
@@ -124,40 +122,28 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether System V semaphores are supported],
     struct semid_ds *buf;
     ushort *array;
   };
-#endif
-  int main () {
-    union semun arg ;
-
-    int id=semget(IPC_PRIVATE,1,IPC_CREAT|0400);
-    if (id == -1)
-      exit(1);
-    arg.val = 0; /* avoid implicit type cast to union */
-    if (semctl(id, 0, IPC_RMID, arg) == -1)
-      exit(1);
-    exit(0);
-  }
-  ],
-  ac_cv_sysv_sem="yes", ac_cv_sysv_sem="no", :)
-])
+#endif], [
+  union semun arg;
+  int id = semget(IPC_PRIVATE, 1, IPC_CREAT|0400);
+  if (id == -1)
+    return 1;
+  arg.val = 0; /* avoid implicit type cast to union */
+  if (semctl(id, 0, IPC_RMID, arg) == -1)
+    return 1;
+], [ac_cv_sysv_sem="yes"], [ac_cv_sysv_sem="no"])])
 
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether System V shared memory is supported,
 ac_cv_sysv_shm,
-[
-AC_TRY_RUN([
+[AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/ipc.h>
-#include <sys/shm.h>
-int main () {
-  int id=shmget(IPC_PRIVATE,1,IPC_CREAT|0400);
+#include <sys/shm.h>], [
+  int id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 1, IPC_CREAT|0400);
   if (id == -1)
-    exit(1);
+    return 1;
   if (shmctl(id, IPC_RMID, 0) == -1)
-    exit(1);
-  exit(0);
-}
-],
-ac_cv_sysv_shm="yes", ac_cv_sysv_shm="no", :)
-])
+    return 1;
+], [ac_cv_sysv_shm="yes"], [ac_cv_sysv_shm="no"])])
 
 if test x"$ac_cv_sysv_shm" = x"yes" -a x"$ac_cv_sysv_sem" = x"yes" ; then
   sim_sysv_ipc_hw=",sem,shm";