diff --git a/ext/gettext/config.m4 b/ext/gettext/config.m4
index e46acf0928..ee8e5a88f8 100644
--- a/ext/gettext/config.m4
+++ b/ext/gettext/config.m4
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ PHP_ARG_WITH([gettext],
     [Include GNU gettext support])])
 
 if test "$PHP_GETTEXT" != "no"; then
-  for i in $PHP_GETTEXT /usr/local /usr; do
-    AS_IF([test -r $i/include/libintl.h], [GETTEXT_DIR=$i; break;])
-  done
+  GETTEXT_DIR=$PHP_GETTEXT
 
   AS_VAR_IF([GETTEXT_DIR],,
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot locate header file libintl.h])])
diff --git a/sapi/apache2handler/config.m4 b/sapi/apache2handler/config.m4
index e335721f19..a5087e1320 100644
--- a/sapi/apache2handler/config.m4
+++ b/sapi/apache2handler/config.m4
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if test "$PHP_APXS2" != "no"; then
   AS_VERSION_COMPARE([$APACHE_VERSION], [2.4.0],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([Please note that Apache version >= 2.4 is required])])
 
-  APXS_LIBEXECDIR='$(INSTALL_ROOT)'$($APXS -q LIBEXECDIR)
+  APXS_LIBEXECDIR="$prefix/modules"
   if test -z $($APXS -q SYSCONFDIR); then
     INSTALL_IT="\$(mkinstalldirs) '$APXS_LIBEXECDIR' && \
                  $APXS -S LIBEXECDIR='$APXS_LIBEXECDIR' \