diff --git a/configure b/configure
index be8e38d5ee..15b785604c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1551,9 +1551,9 @@ esac
 
 tools=
 if test `expr "$target_list" : ".*softmmu.*"` != 0 ; then
-  tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+  tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   if [ "$linux" = "yes" ] ; then
-      tools="qemu-nbd\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+      tools="qemu-nbd\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   fi
 fi
 echo "TOOLS=$tools" >> $config_mak