diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 42dee871db..25fd4539ac 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1500,27 +1500,8 @@ printf " '%s'" "$0" "$@" >> $config_host_mak
 echo >> $config_host_mak
 echo "/* Automatically generated by configure - do not modify */" > $config_host_h
 
-echo "prefix=$prefix" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "bindir=\${prefix}$binsuffix" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "mandir=\${prefix}$mansuffix" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "datadir=\${prefix}$datasuffix" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "docdir=\${prefix}$docsuffix" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "#define CONFIG_QEMU_SHAREDIR \"$prefix$datasuffix\"" >> $config_host_h
-echo "MAKE=$make" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "INSTALL=$install" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "INSTALL_DIR=$install -d -m0755 -p" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "INSTALL_DATA=$install -m0644 -p" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "INSTALL_PROG=$install -m0755 -p" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "CC=$cc" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "HOST_CC=$host_cc" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "AR=$ar" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "OBJCOPY=$objcopy" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "LD=$ld" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS $OS_CFLAGS $ARCH_CFLAGS $EXTRA_CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS $OS_LDFLAGS $ARCH_LDFLAGS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "PTHREADLIBS=$PTHREADLIBS" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "CLOCKLIBS=$CLOCKLIBS" >> $config_host_mak
+
 case "$cpu" in
   i386|x86_64|alpha|cris|hppa|ia64|m68k|microblaze|mips|mips64|ppc|ppc64|s390|sparc|sparc64)
     ARCH=$cpu
@@ -1543,11 +1524,6 @@ fi
 if test "$debug" = "yes" ; then
   echo "#define DEBUG_EXEC 1" >> $config_host_h
 fi
-if test "$sparse" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CC      := REAL_CC=\"\$(CC)\" cgcc"       >> $config_host_mak
-  echo "HOST_CC := REAL_CC=\"\$(HOST_CC)\" cgcc"  >> $config_host_mak
-  echo "CFLAGS  += -Wbitwise -Wno-transparent-union -Wno-old-initializer -Wno-non-pointer-null" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$strip_opt" = "yes" ; then
   echo "STRIP_OPT=-s" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
@@ -1839,6 +1815,32 @@ if test "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" ; then
 fi
 echo "ROMS=$roms" >> $config_host_mak
 
+echo "prefix=$prefix" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "bindir=\${prefix}$binsuffix" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "mandir=\${prefix}$mansuffix" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "datadir=\${prefix}$datasuffix" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "docdir=\${prefix}$docsuffix" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "MAKE=$make" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "INSTALL=$install" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "INSTALL_DIR=$install -d -m0755 -p" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "INSTALL_DATA=$install -m0644 -p" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "INSTALL_PROG=$install -m0755 -p" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "CC=$cc" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "HOST_CC=$host_cc" >> $config_host_mak
+if test "$sparse" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CC      := REAL_CC=\"\$(CC)\" cgcc"       >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "HOST_CC := REAL_CC=\"\$(HOST_CC)\" cgcc"  >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "CFLAGS  += -Wbitwise -Wno-transparent-union -Wno-old-initializer -Wno-non-pointer-null" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
+echo "AR=$ar" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "OBJCOPY=$objcopy" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "LD=$ld" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS $OS_CFLAGS $ARCH_CFLAGS $EXTRA_CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS $OS_LDFLAGS $ARCH_LDFLAGS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "PTHREADLIBS=$PTHREADLIBS" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "CLOCKLIBS=$CLOCKLIBS" >> $config_host_mak
+
 if test -f ${config_host_h}~ ; then
   if cmp -s $config_host_h ${config_host_h}~ ; then
     mv ${config_host_h}~ $config_host_h