diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0e38034a352..8c3b45a0dc9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ _srcdir=`dirname $0`
 if type mktemp > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
 	TMPO=`mktemp /tmp/scummvm-conf.XXXXXXXXXX`
 else
-	TMPO=${_srcdir}/scummvm-conf
+	TMPO=scummvm-conf
 fi
 TMPC=${TMPO}.cpp
-TMPLOG=${_srcdir}/config.log
+TMPLOG=config.log
 
 # For cross compiling
 _host=""