diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 59e7e4dfb751c91119fd44d4bd5279a06a5f46e8..6ea60a50eacb3b30fe1911f29900134fb3bf4835 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -420,12 +420,12 @@ fi
 ## }JMZ: end of large-file support section
 
 if test -d ../obj
-then;
+then echo -n
 else mkdir ../obj
 fi
 
 if test -d ../bin
-then;
+then echo -n
 else mkdir ../bin
 fi