diff --git a/libs/spandsp/configure.gnu b/libs/spandsp/configure.gnu
index 98288b430c..3f2f22095f 100755
--- a/libs/spandsp/configure.gnu
+++ b/libs/spandsp/configure.gnu
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-ARGS='$@'
-MYARGS=`echo $ARGS | sed 's| -Xc | |'`
-./configure "$MYARGS" --disable-shared --with-pic --enable-builtin-tiff
+./configure "$@" --disable-shared --with-pic --enable-builtin-tiff