diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cfecdd6b63..b2edb37872 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1991,6 +1991,27 @@ fi
 
 confdir=$sysconfdir$confsuffix
 
+tools=
+if test "$softmmu" = yes ; then
+  tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+  if [ "$linux" = "yes" -o "$bsd" = "yes" -o "$solaris" = "yes" ] ; then
+      tools="qemu-nbd\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+    if [ "$check_utests" = "yes" ]; then
+      tools="check-qint check-qstring check-qdict check-qlist $tools"
+      tools="check-qfloat check-qjson $tools"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Mac OS X ships with a broken assembler
+roms=
+if test \( "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" \) -a \
+        "$targetos" != "Darwin" -a "$targetos" != "SunOS" -a \
+        "$softmmu" = yes ; then
+  roms="optionrom"
+fi
+
+
 echo "Install prefix    $prefix"
 echo "BIOS directory    `eval echo $datadir`"
 echo "binary directory  `eval echo $bindir`"
@@ -2293,26 +2314,7 @@ bsd)
 ;;
 esac
 
-tools=
-if test "$softmmu" = yes ; then
-  tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
-  if [ "$linux" = "yes" -o "$bsd" = "yes" -o "$solaris" = "yes" ] ; then
-      tools="qemu-nbd\$(EXESUF) $tools"
-    if [ "$check_utests" = "yes" ]; then
-      tools="check-qint check-qstring check-qdict check-qlist $tools"
-      tools="check-qfloat check-qjson $tools"
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
 echo "TOOLS=$tools" >> $config_host_mak
-
-# Mac OS X ships with a broken assembler
-roms=
-if test \( "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" \) -a \
-        "$targetos" != "Darwin" -a "$targetos" != "SunOS" -a \
-        "$softmmu" = yes ; then
-  roms="optionrom"
-fi
 echo "ROMS=$roms" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "MAKE=$make" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "INSTALL=$install" >> $config_host_mak