diff --git a/m4/utilities.m4 b/m4/utilities.m4
index 0d0e918..0309aa9 100644
--- a/m4/utilities.m4
+++ b/m4/utilities.m4
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([$1])
 m4_ifblank([$2], [rm -f $1/configure.gnu],
     [AX_PRINT_TO_FILE([$1/configure.gnu],
 [#!/bin/sh
-./configure $2 ${AX_DOLLAR}@
+./configure $2
 ])
 ])