diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_SITE b/configure/CONFIG_SITE
index 72b399d..f3bfd36 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_SITE
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_SITE
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
 #   CONFIG_SITE.Common.$(T_A)
 #   CONFIG_SITE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).$(T_A)
 
-# CHECK_RELEASE controls the consistency checking of the support
-#   applications pointed to by the RELEASE* files.
-# Normally CHECK_RELEASE should be set to YES.
-# Set CHECK_RELEASE to NO to disable checking completely.
-# Set CHECK_RELEASE to WARN to perform consistency checking but
-#   continue building anyway if conflicts are found.
-CHECK_RELEASE = YES
-
 # Set this when you only want to compile this application
 #   for a subset of the cross-compiled target architectures
 #   that Base is built for.
diff --git a/configure/Makefile b/configure/Makefile
index 9254309..1cd830e 100644
--- a/configure/Makefile
+++ b/configure/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ TOP=..
 
 include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 
+# CHECK_RELEASE controls the consistency checking of the support
+#   applications pointed to by the RELEASE* files.
+# Normally CHECK_RELEASE should be set to YES.
+# Set CHECK_RELEASE to NO to disable checking completely.
+# Set CHECK_RELEASE to WARN to perform consistency checking but
+#   continue building anyway if conflicts are found.
+CHECK_RELEASE = YES
+
 TARGETS = $(CONFIG_TARGETS)
 CONFIGS += $(subst ../,,$(wildcard $(CONFIG_INSTALLS)))