diff --git a/CMake/resources.cmake b/CMake/resources.cmake
index eb2e1a4b3..8af7ca2cd 100644
--- a/CMake/resources.cmake
+++ b/CMake/resources.cmake
@@ -106,14 +106,9 @@ if(HAVE_DLFCN_H)
    set(HAVE_DLFCN_H 1)
 endif(HAVE_DLFCN_H)
 
-if(LIB_dl)
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${LIB_dl})
-  CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(dlsym			HAVE_DLSYM)
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
-else()
-# test also for systems where dlsym() is not in libdl (e.g., NetBSD, FreeBSD)
-  CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(dlsym			HAVE_DLSYM)
-endif(LIB_dl)
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(dlsym			HAVE_DLSYM)
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
 
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(localeconv		HAVE_LOCALECONV)