diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7cbfa88..cab5da5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -223,10 +223,8 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(MONITOR, test "${enable_monitor}" != "no")
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(udev, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-udev],
 		[disable udev device support]), [enable_udev=${enableval}])
 if (test "${enable_tools}" != "no" && test "${enable_udev}" != "no"); then
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UDEV, libudev >= 172)
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(udev, udev_hwdb_new,
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UDEV_HWDB_NEW, 1,
-			[Define to 1 if you have the udev_hwdb_new() function.]))
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UDEV, libudev >= 196)
+	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UDEV, 1, [Define to 1 if udev is required])
 fi
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([udevdir], AS_HELP_STRING([--with-udevdir=DIR],
diff --git a/monitor/hwdb.c b/monitor/hwdb.c
index 22de9ed..6c0d052 100644
--- a/monitor/hwdb.c
+++ b/monitor/hwdb.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "hwdb.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_UDEV_HWDB_NEW
+#ifdef HAVE_UDEV
 #include <libudev.h>
 
 bool hwdb_get_vendor_model(const char *modalias, char **vendor, char **model)
diff --git a/src/oui.c b/src/oui.c
index c434f41..7b3040f 100644
--- a/src/oui.c
+++ b/src/oui.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "lib/bluetooth.h"
 #include "oui.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_UDEV_HWDB_NEW
+#ifdef HAVE_UDEV
 #include <libudev.h>
 
 char *batocomp(const bdaddr_t *ba)