diff --git a/libctf/configure b/libctf/configure
index 4c244da0100..89c99c2ddbf 100755
--- a/libctf/configure
+++ b/libctf/configure
@@ -17023,7 +17023,7 @@ if test -n "$decommented_version_script"; then
    # used by GNU ld.  Use cpp to strip the comments out.  (cpp exists under this
    # name on all platforms that support ld -z gnu-version-script.)
    /lib/cpp < $srcdir/libctf.ver > libctf-decommented.ver
-   /lib/cpp < $srcdir/libctf-nobfd.ver > libctf-nobfd-decommented.ver
+   /lib/cpp < libctf-nobfd.ver > libctf-nobfd-decommented.ver
    VERSION_FLAGS="$ac_cv_libctf_version_script='libctf-decommented.ver'"
    VERSION_FLAGS_NOBFD="$ac_cv_libctf_version_script='libctf-nobfd-decommented.ver'"
 elif test -z "$no_version_script"; then
diff --git a/libctf/configure.ac b/libctf/configure.ac
index dbe311c5af3..40d00e8eb18 100644
--- a/libctf/configure.ac
+++ b/libctf/configure.ac
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ if test -n "$decommented_version_script"; then
    # used by GNU ld.  Use cpp to strip the comments out.  (cpp exists under this
    # name on all platforms that support ld -z gnu-version-script.)
    /lib/cpp < $srcdir/libctf.ver > libctf-decommented.ver
-   /lib/cpp < $srcdir/libctf-nobfd.ver > libctf-nobfd-decommented.ver
+   /lib/cpp < libctf-nobfd.ver > libctf-nobfd-decommented.ver
    VERSION_FLAGS="$ac_cv_libctf_version_script='libctf-decommented.ver'"
    VERSION_FLAGS_NOBFD="$ac_cv_libctf_version_script='libctf-nobfd-decommented.ver'"
 elif test -z "$no_version_script"; then