diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bacbdae..47a520d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ case `uname` in
 		ldadd="-lrt"
 		user=sndiod
 		so_link="libsndio.so"
-		defs='-D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEV_RANDOM=\\"/dev/urandom\\" \\\
-		-DHAVE_SOCK_CLOEXEC -DHAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME'
+		defs='-D_GNU_SOURCE -DHAVE_SOCK_CLOEXEC -DHAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME'
 		;;
 	NetBSD)
 		sun=no
diff --git a/libsndio/aucat.c b/libsndio/aucat.c
index 2a61514..34b2b29 100644
--- a/libsndio/aucat.c
+++ b/libsndio/aucat.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #ifndef HAVE_ARC4RANDOM
 
 #ifndef DEV_RANDOM
-#define DEV_RANDOM "/dev/arandom"
+#define DEV_RANDOM "/dev/urandom"
 #endif
 
 static int