diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7cdfde6e..9ca63190 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5182,7 +5182,8 @@ fi
    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: checking http1 is enabled: $ac_enable_http1" >&5
 $as_echo "checking http1 is enabled: $ac_enable_http1" >&6; }
    if test "$ac_enable_http1" = "yes"; then
-      $as_echo "#define HAVE_HTTP1 true" >>confdefs.h
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_HTTP1 true" >>confdefs.h
  # Must be tree/false (not 0/1) used in shells
       HAVE_HTTP1=true
    fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1a08ba82..5b20156f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ elif test "x${with_restconf}" == xnative; then
 
    AC_MSG_RESULT(checking http1 is enabled: $ac_enable_http1)
    if test "$ac_enable_http1" = "yes"; then
-      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_HTTP1,true) # Must be tree/false (not 0/1) used in shells
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_HTTP1, true, [Set to true to enable Native HTTP/1]) # Must be tree/false (not 0/1) used in shells
       HAVE_HTTP1=true
    fi	
 
diff --git a/include/clixon_config.h.in b/include/clixon_config.h.in
index c75e6639..b75c1184 100644
--- a/include/clixon_config.h.in
+++ b/include/clixon_config.h.in
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `getresuid' function. */
 #undef HAVE_GETRESUID
 
+/* Enable HTTP/1 (default true) */
+#undef HAVE_HTTP1
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `inet_aton' function. */
 #undef HAVE_INET_ATON
 
@@ -60,9 +63,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `nghttp2' library (-lnghttp2). */
 #undef HAVE_LIBNGHTTP2
 
-/* Set to true if HTTP/1 parser */
-#undef HAVE_HTTP1
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `socket' library (-lsocket). */
 #undef HAVE_LIBSOCKET
 
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_netconf_lib.c b/lib/src/clixon_netconf_lib.c
index 7957ad33..526e7167 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_netconf_lib.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_netconf_lib.c
@@ -1701,8 +1701,7 @@ netconf_hello_server(clicon_handle h,
 	/* Each peer MUST send at least the base NETCONF capability, "urn:ietf:params:netconf:base:1.1" 
 	 * RFC 6241 Sec 8.1
 	 */
-	if (clicon_option_int(h, "CLICON_NETCONF_BASE_CAPABILITY") > 0) /* RFC 6241 */
-	    cprintf(cb, "<capability>%s</capability>", NETCONF_BASE_CAPABILITY_1_1);
+	cprintf(cb, "<capability>%s</capability>", NETCONF_BASE_CAPABILITY_1_1);
     }
     /* A peer MAY include capabilities for previous NETCONF versions, to indicate
        that it supports multiple protocol versions. */