diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 801ce25..dd6f029 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "Generating Makefile... "
 
-if ! m4 -G $FLAGS Makefile.m4 > Makefile; then
+if ! m4 $FLAGS Makefile.m4 > Makefile; then
 	echo "(M4 exited with non-zero status)"
 	rm -f Makefile
 	exit 1
diff --git a/m4/util/my_syscmd.m4 b/m4/util/my_syscmd.m4
index 61e71cc..d08ad4f 100644
--- a/m4/util/my_syscmd.m4
+++ b/m4/util/my_syscmd.m4
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 dnl $Id$
-define([my_syscmd],[syscmd([$1 > syscmd.out])include(syscmd.out)syscmd([sh -c "rm -f syscmd.out"])])dnl
+define([my_syscmd],[syscmd([$1 > my_syscmd_out.out])include(my_syscmd_out.out)syscmd([sh -c "rm -f my_syscmd_out.out"])])dnl