diff --git a/media-radio/grig/grig-0.8.1-r1.ebuild b/media-radio/grig/grig-0.8.1-r1.ebuild
index b5e669691d9fc..592c39641f2f3 100644
--- a/media-radio/grig/grig-0.8.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-radio/grig/grig-0.8.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/grig-0.8.1-hamlib4.patch
 		  "${FILESDIR}"/grig-0.8.1-hamlib45.patch
 		  "${FILESDIR}"/grig-0.8.1-hamlib46.patch )
 
-src_configure() {
-	econf --enable-hardware
-}
-
 src_prepare() {
 	# prepare for media-radio/hamlib-4.2 change of API
 	if has_version '>=media-libs/hamlib-4.2' ; then
@@ -35,6 +31,10 @@ src_prepare() {
 	default
 }
 
+src_configure() {
+	econf --enable-hardware
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	default
 	make_desktop_entry ${PN} "GRig" "/usr/share/pixmaps/grig/grig-logo.png" "HamRadio"