diff --git a/build/aclocal/bakefile.m4 b/build/aclocal/bakefile.m4
index 9db2d82e54..344bc365de 100644
--- a/build/aclocal/bakefile.m4
+++ b/build/aclocal/bakefile.m4
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_BAKEFILE_SHARED_LD],
 		    ;;
 	    esac
 
-	    SHARED_LD_CC="\$(CC) -shared $(LD_EXPFULL) -o"
-	    SHARED_LD_CXX="\$(CXX) -shared $(LD_EXPFULL) -o"
+	    SHARED_LD_CC="\$(CC) -shared $LD_EXPFULL -o"
+	    SHARED_LD_CXX="\$(CXX) -shared $LD_EXPFULL -o"
 	else
 	    dnl FIXME: makeC++SharedLib is obsolete, what should we do for
 	    dnl        recent AIX versions?
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8fe30a5c11..15045fd730 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -43727,8 +43727,8 @@ EOF
 		    ;;
 	    esac
 
-	    SHARED_LD_CC="\$(CC) -shared $(LD_EXPFULL) -o"
-	    SHARED_LD_CXX="\$(CXX) -shared $(LD_EXPFULL) -o"
+	    SHARED_LD_CC="\$(CC) -shared $LD_EXPFULL -o"
+	    SHARED_LD_CXX="\$(CXX) -shared $LD_EXPFULL -o"
 	else
 	    	                # Extract the first word of "makeC++SharedLib", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy makeC++SharedLib; ac_word=$2