diff --git a/changes/bug17744_redux b/changes/bug17744_redux
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d61e17fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug17744_redux
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (build):
+    - Remove a pair of redundant AM_CONDITIONAL declarations from
+      configure.ac. Fixes one final case of bug 17744; bugfix on
+      0.2.8.2-alpha.
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ad71f7fdd..e4816fdbd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ fi
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(UNITTESTS_ENABLED, test "x$enable_unittests" != "xno")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(COVERAGE_ENABLED, test "x$enable_coverage" = "xyes")
-AM_CONDITIONAL(UNITTESTS_ENABLED, test x$enable_unittests != xno)
-AM_CONDITIONAL(COVERAGE_ENABLED, test x$enable_coverage = xyes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(DISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_UNIT_TESTS, test "x$enable_asserts_in_tests" = "xno")
 
 if test "$enable_static_tor" = "yes"; then