diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 24d19a379..d155fdaab 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2627,9 +2627,9 @@ case "$target" in
         AC_SUBST(OBJCFLAGS)
         dnl _AM_DEPENDENCIES(OBJC) doesn't work, so hard code OBJCDEPMODE here
         dnl _AM_DEPENDENCIES(OBJC)
-        dnl Of course, hard coding doesn't work for newer versions of automake
-        dnl OBJCDEPMODE="depmode=gcc3"
-        dnl AC_SUBST(OBJCDEPMODE, $OBJCDEPMODE)
+        dnl Of course, hard coding doesn't work for some versions of automake
+        OBJCDEPMODE="depmode=gcc"
+        AC_SUBST(OBJCDEPMODE)
         dnl Trying this to satisfy everybody...
         AC_MSG_RESULT(not implemented yet)
         ;;