--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(LT_AGE)
 
 dnl Detect the canonical build and host environments
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIRS($srcdir/build-scripts)
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-scripts)
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 dnl Set up the compiler and linker flags