diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9c18d93..a49764c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -558,10 +558,10 @@ int t() {
 EOF
 if eval $ac_link; then
   rm -rf conftest*
-  scsh_cv_linux_static_debug = no
+  scsh_cv_linux_static_debug=no
 else
   rm -rf conftest*
-  scsh_cv_linux_static_debug = yes
+  scsh_cv_linux_static_debug=yes
 fi
 rm -f conftest*
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1d3e07d..bffefa6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ AC_DEFUN(SCSH_LINUX_STATIC_DEBUG, [
     AC_CACHE_VAL(scsh_cv_linux_static_debug,[
       AC_TRY_LINK([],
   		  [],
-  		  scsh_cv_linux_static_debug = no,
-  		  scsh_cv_linux_static_debug = yes)])
+  		  scsh_cv_linux_static_debug=no,
+  		  scsh_cv_linux_static_debug=yes)])
     AC_MSG_RESULT($scsh_cv_linux_static_debug)
     if test $scsh_cv_linux_static_debug = yes; then
       LDFLAGS="-static ${LDFLAGS}"