diff --git a/cmake/FindEditline.cmake b/cmake/FindEditline.cmake
index cbdc458..37eeb3e 100644
--- a/cmake/FindEditline.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindEditline.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ else(EDITLINE_INCLUDE_DIR AND EDITLINE_LIBRARY AND NCURSES_LIBRARY)
   FIND_PATH(EDITLINE_INCLUDE_DIR readline.h PATH_SUFFIXES
     editline
     edit/readline
-    readline
   )
   
   FIND_LIBRARY(EDITLINE_LIBRARY NAMES edit)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b123292..7f22640 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ fi
 # headers in different places. Try to cover the most common ones.
 
 if test "$enable_pcre2test_libedit" = "yes"; then
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([editline/readline.h edit/readline/readline.h readline/readline.h], [
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([editline/readline.h edit/readline/readline.h], [
     HAVE_LIBEDIT_HEADER=1
     break
   ])
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ if test "$enable_pcre2test_libedit" = "yes"; then
   fi
   if test -z "$HAVE_LIBEDIT_HEADER"; then
     echo "** Cannot --enable-pcre2test-libedit because neither editline/readline.h"
-    echo "** nor readline/readline.h was found."
+    echo "** nor edit/readline/readline.h was found."
     exit 1
   fi
   if test -z "$LIBEDIT"; then