diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ba5b9ef..a1e31c8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2251,10 +2251,9 @@ elif test "$OS" = "OSF1"; then
   OS="OSF"
 else
   OPSYS="LINUX"
-  OS="LINUX"
-
   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: Unsupported OS: $OS, attempting build with OPSYS=$OPSYS" >&5
 echo "$as_me: WARNING: Unsupported OS: $OS, attempting build with OPSYS=$OPSYS" >&2;}
+  OS="LINUX"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 76940b2..4d898ca 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ elif test "$OS" = "OSF1"; then
   OS="OSF"
 else
   OPSYS="LINUX"
-  OS="LINUX"
-
   AC_MSG_WARN([Unsupported OS: $OS, attempting build with OPSYS=$OPSYS])
+  OS="LINUX"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(OPSYS)
 AC_SUBST(OS)