diff --git a/editors/xemacs-devel/Makefile b/editors/xemacs-devel/Makefile
index 46cff2bdaeb9..de0748ba4fa4 100644
--- a/editors/xemacs-devel/Makefile
+++ b/editors/xemacs-devel/Makefile
@@ -62,15 +62,16 @@ PLIST_SUB=	XEMACS_VER=${XEMACS_VER} XEMACS_ARCH=${XEMACS_ARCH}
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-system-malloc --pdump 
 .endif
 
+.if exists(${X11BASE}/lib/libXm.so)
+USE_MOTIF=	yes
+HAVE_MOTIF=	yes
+.endif
+
 pre-fetch:
 #.if !defined(WANT_GTK)
 #	@${ECHO_MSG} "If you want to use GTK, please set the environment variable WANT_GTK "
 #	@${ECHO_MSG} "and recompile."
 #.endif
-.if exists(${X11BASE}/lib/libXm.so)
-USE_MOTIF=	yes
-HAVE_MOTIF=	yes
-.endif
 .if defined(HAVE_MOTIF)
 .if !defined(MOTIF_STATIC)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""