diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d79ff31317..8d04e891a8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14157,7 +14157,7 @@ fi
 			PERL_CPPFLAGS="$PERL_CPPFLAGS $opt"
 		done
 		PERL_LDFLAGS=""
-		for opt in `$PERLBIN" -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts`; do
+		for opt in `$PERLBIN -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts`; do
 			case "$opt" in
 			"-lc" )
 				continue;;