diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3d9803ae4e..7e55e9231f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3621,7 +3621,8 @@ probe_cc(){
         gcc_ext_ver=$(expr "$gcc_version" : ".*$gcc_pkg_ver $gcc_basever \\(.*\\)")
         _ident=$(cleanws "gcc $gcc_basever $gcc_pkg_ver $gcc_ext_ver")
         case $gcc_basever in
-            2*) _depflags='-MMD -MF $(@:.o=.d) -MT $@' ;;
+            2*) ;;
+            *) _depflags='-MMD -MF $(@:.o=.d) -MT $@' ;;
         esac
         if [ "$first" = true ]; then
             case $gcc_basever in