--- configure.in	2002-12-30 19:59:34.000000000 +0100
+++ configure.in.oden	2003-04-06 20:53:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@
 
   # check Apache version
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(Apache version)
-  HTTPD="`${APXS} -q SBINDIR`/`${APXS} -q TARGET`"
-  ver=`$HTTPD -v | awk '/version/ {print $3}' | awk -F/ '{print $2}'`
+  ver="`${APXS} -q ap_version`"
   AC_MSG_RESULT($ver)
 
   # make sure version begins with 2