diff --git a/CMake/win32-cache.cmake b/CMake/win32-cache.cmake
index 0cb0a12bd3..fb1f2ec004 100644
--- a/CMake/win32-cache.cmake
+++ b/CMake/win32-cache.cmake
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ set(HAVE_SEND 1)
 set(HAVE_STROPTS_H 0)
 set(HAVE_ARC4RANDOM 0)
 set(HAVE_FNMATCH 0)
-set(HAVE_SCHED_YIELD 0)
 set(HAVE_ARPA_INET_H 0)
 set(HAVE_FCNTL_H 1)
 set(HAVE_IFADDRS_H 0)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 16b4a57be5..a7b1fe5e3d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1662,7 +1662,6 @@ check_symbol_exists("basename"        "${CURL_INCLUDES};string.h" HAVE_BASENAME)
 check_symbol_exists("opendir"         "dirent.h" HAVE_OPENDIR)
 check_function_exists("poll"          HAVE_POLL)  # poll.h
 check_symbol_exists("socket"          "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_SOCKET)  # winsock2.h sys/socket.h
-check_function_exists("sched_yield"   HAVE_SCHED_YIELD)
 check_symbol_exists("socketpair"      "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_SOCKETPAIR)  # sys/socket.h
 check_symbol_exists("recv"            "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_RECV)  # proto/bsdsocket.h sys/types.h sys/socket.h
 check_symbol_exists("send"            "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_SEND)  # proto/bsdsocket.h sys/types.h sys/socket.h
@@ -1710,6 +1709,7 @@ check_function_exists("setmode"         HAVE_SETMODE)
 check_function_exists("setrlimit"       HAVE_SETRLIMIT)
 
 if(NOT WIN32)
+  check_function_exists("sched_yield"   HAVE_SCHED_YIELD)
   check_symbol_exists("strcasecmp"      "string.h" HAVE_STRCASECMP)
   check_symbol_exists("stricmp"         "string.h" HAVE_STRICMP)
   check_symbol_exists("strcmpi"         "string.h" HAVE_STRCMPI)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 072f6f6dbb..3c1e64d534 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4069,7 +4069,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([\
   mach_absolute_time \
   pipe \
   poll \
-  sched_yield \
   sendmsg \
   sendmmsg \
   setlocale \
@@ -4081,6 +4080,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([\
 ])
 
 if test "$curl_cv_native_windows" != 'yes'; then
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([sched_yield])
   CURL_CHECK_FUNC_STRCASECMP
   CURL_CHECK_FUNC_STRCMPI
   CURL_CHECK_FUNC_STRICMP