diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fd544e7..c5d5f02 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4206,8 +4206,6 @@
     if $pkg_config libcacard; then
         libcacard_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags libcacard)
         libcacard_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libcacard)
-        QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $libcacard_cflags"
-        libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $libcacard_libs"
         smartcard="yes"
     else
         if test "$smartcard" = "yes"; then
@@ -5785,6 +5783,8 @@
 
 if test "$smartcard" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "SMARTCARD_CFLAGS=$libcacard_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "SMARTCARD_LIBS=$libcacard_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
 if test "$libusb" = "yes" ; then