diff --git a/auto/unix b/auto/unix
index 0dd66cfcd..6087e04fd 100644
--- a/auto/unix
+++ b/auto/unix
@@ -129,26 +129,6 @@ if test -z "$NGX_KQUEUE_CHECKED"; then
 fi
 
 
-if [ "$NGX_SYSTEM" = "NetBSD" ]; then
-
-    # NetBSD 2.0 incompatibly defines kevent.udata as "intptr_t"
-
-    cat << END >> $NGX_AUTO_CONFIG_H
-
-#define NGX_KQUEUE_UDATA_T
-
-END
-
-else
-    cat << END >> $NGX_AUTO_CONFIG_H
-
-#define NGX_KQUEUE_UDATA_T  (void *)
-
-END
-
-fi
-
-
 ngx_feature="crypt()"
 ngx_feature_name="NGX_HAVE_CRYPT"
 ngx_feature_run=no
diff --git a/src/event/modules/ngx_kqueue_module.c b/src/event/modules/ngx_kqueue_module.c
index fb8a6527c..2ed862e9e 100644
--- a/src/event/modules/ngx_kqueue_module.c
+++ b/src/event/modules/ngx_kqueue_module.c
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
 #include <ngx_event.h>
 
 
+/* NetBSD 2.0 incompatibly defines kevent.udata as "intptr_t" */
+
+#if (__NetBSD__)
+#define NGX_KQUEUE_UDATA_T
+#else
+#define NGX_KQUEUE_UDATA_T  (void *)
+#endif
+
+
 typedef struct {
     ngx_uint_t  changes;
     ngx_uint_t  events;