diff --git a/lang/tcl/8.3/patches/patch-configure b/lang/tcl/8.3/patches/patch-configure
index 7d0cc1dc5ac..80ecf42cd38 100644
--- a/lang/tcl/8.3/patches/patch-configure
+++ b/lang/tcl/8.3/patches/patch-configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.4 2001/10/08 09:21:38 matthieu Exp $
---- configure.orig	Fri Apr  6 20:51:46 2001
-+++ configure	Sun Oct  7 02:52:49 2001
-@@ -5112,13 +5112,23 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.5 2001/10/10 01:01:44 pvalchev Exp $
+--- configure.orig	Fri Apr  6 12:51:46 2001
++++ configure	Tue Oct  9 00:02:00 2001
+@@ -5112,13 +5112,23 @@ fi
  if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_header_'$ac_safe`\" = yes"; then
    echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
    
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ $OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.4 2001/10/08 09:21:38 matthieu Exp $
  		SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
  		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 -		DL_LIBS=""
-+		case `arch -s` in
-+		powerpc|sparc64)
-+			DL_LIBS="-ldl";;
-+		*)
++		case `echo __ELF__ | gcc -E - | grep __ELF__` in
++		__ELF__)
 +			DL_LIBS="";;
++		*)
++			DL_LIBS="-ldl";;
 +		esac
  		LDFLAGS=""
  		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
  		echo $ac_n "checking for ELF""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-@@ -5136,11 +5146,11 @@
+@@ -5136,11 +5146,11 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&
    egrep "yes" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    rm -rf conftest*
    echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ $OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.4 2001/10/08 09:21:38 matthieu Exp $
  		
  fi
  rm -f conftest*
-@@ -5161,7 +5171,10 @@
+@@ -5161,7 +5171,10 @@ else
  	    
  fi
  
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.4 2001/10/08 09:21:38 matthieu Exp $
  	    # FreeBSD doesn't handle version numbers with dots.
  
  	    UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.a'
-@@ -5848,10 +5861,9 @@
+@@ -5848,10 +5861,9 @@ if test "${SHARED_BUILD}" = "1" -a "${SH
      TCL_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS="${LD_SEARCH_FLAGS}"
      eval "TCL_LIB_FILE=libtcl${TCL_SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX}"
      if test "x$DL_OBJS" = "xtclLoadAout.o"; then
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.4 2001/10/08 09:21:38 matthieu Exp $
      fi
  else
      case $system in
-@@ -5935,7 +5947,7 @@
+@@ -5935,7 +5947,7 @@ eval "STUB_LIB_FILE=libtclstub${TCL_UNSH
  # Replace DBGX with TCL_DBGX
  eval "STUB_LIB_FILE=\"${STUB_LIB_FILE}\""
  
diff --git a/x11/tk/8.3/patches/patch-configure b/x11/tk/8.3/patches/patch-configure
index 7b450a37128..21a7eeecbd9 100644
--- a/x11/tk/8.3/patches/patch-configure
+++ b/x11/tk/8.3/patches/patch-configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.3 2001/09/08 18:20:29 pvalchev Exp $
+$OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.4 2001/10/10 01:01:45 pvalchev Exp $
 --- configure.orig	Thu Apr  5 20:03:05 2001
-+++ configure	Fri Aug  3 23:27:46 2001
++++ configure	Tue Oct  9 00:00:43 2001
 @@ -1868,13 +1868,23 @@ fi
  if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_header_'$ac_safe`\" = yes"; then
    echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ $OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.3 2001/09/08 18:20:29 pvalchev Exp $
  		SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
  		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 -		DL_LIBS=""
-+		case `arch -s` in
-+		powerpc)
-+			DL_LIBS="-ldl";;
-+		*)
++		case `echo __ELF__ | gcc -E - | grep __ELF__` in
++		__ELF__)
 +			DL_LIBS="";;
++		*)
++			DL_LIBS="-ldl";;
 +		esac
  		LDFLAGS=""
  		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""