diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 52618232b0..9c8748aa4d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ OBJDUMP       = @OBJDUMP@
 OBJCOPY       = @OBJCOPY@
 VCS           = @VCS@
 VCSUP         = @VCSUP@
-DTRACE        = @DTRACE@ @DTRACE_OPT@
+DTRACE        = @DTRACE@
 DTRACE_EXT    = @DTRACE_EXT@
 DTRACE_OBJ    = @DTRACE_OBJ@
 DTRACE_REBUILD= @DTRACE_REBUILD@
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b32429ba20..ee8561d0d9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -640,20 +640,18 @@ AC_DEFUN([RUBY_DTRACE_AVAILABLE],
 [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether dtrace USDT is available, rb_cv_dtrace_available,
 [
     echo "provider conftest{ probe fire(); };" > conftest_provider.d
-    rb_cv_dtrace_available=no
-    AS_FOR(opt, rb_dtrace_opt, ["-xnolibs" ""], [dnl
-	AS_IF([$DTRACE opt -h -o conftest_provider.h -s conftest_provider.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null],
-	    [], [continue])
-	AC_TRY_COMPILE([@%:@include "conftest_provider.h"], [CONFTEST_FIRE();],
-	    [], [continue])
+    if $DTRACE -h -o conftest_provider.h -s conftest_provider.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+      AC_TRY_COMPILE([@%:@include "conftest_provider.h"], [CONFTEST_FIRE();], [
 	# DTrace is available on the system
-	rb_cv_dtrace_available=yes${rb_dtrace_opt:+"(opt)"}
-	break
-    ])
+	rb_cv_dtrace_available=yes
+      ], [rb_cv_dtrace_available=no])
+    else
+      # DTrace is not available while dtrace command exists
+      # for example FreeBSD 8 or FreeBSD 9 without DTrace build option
+      rb_cv_dtrace_available=no
+    fi
     rm -f conftest.[co] conftest_provider.[dho]
 ])
-AS_CASE(["$rb_cv_dtrace_available"], ["yes("*")"],
-    [DTRACE_OPT=`expr "$rb_cv_dtrace_available" : "yes(\(.*\))"`])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([RUBY_DTRACE_POSTPROCESS],
@@ -666,13 +664,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([RUBY_DTRACE_POSTPROCESS],
       probe fire();
     };
 _PROBES
-    $DTRACE ${DTRACE_OPT} -h -o conftest_provider.h -s conftest_provider.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &&
+    $DTRACE -h -o conftest_provider.h -s conftest_provider.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &&
     :
   }; then
     AC_TRY_COMPILE([@%:@include "conftest_provider.h"], [CONFTEST_FIRE();], [
 	if {
 	    cp -p conftest.${ac_objext} conftest.${ac_objext}.save &&
-	    $DTRACE ${DTRACE_OPT} -G -s conftest_provider.d conftest.${ac_objext} 2>/dev/null &&
+	    $DTRACE -G -s conftest_provider.d conftest.${ac_objext} 2>/dev/null &&
 	    :
 	}; then
 	    if cmp -s conftest.o conftest.${ac_objext}.save; then
@@ -4034,7 +4032,6 @@ AS_CASE([$rb_cv_dtrace_available],
 AC_SUBST(DTRACE_EXT)
 AC_SUBST(DTRACE_OBJ)
 AC_SUBST(DTRACE_REBUILD)
-AC_SUBST(DTRACE_OPT)
 AC_SUBST(LIBRUBY_A_OBJS)
 
 RUBY_SETJMP_TYPE