diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d1fbec8f5..3b3648f37 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 20001231
  - (bal) Reverted out of MAXHOSTNAMELEN.  This should be set per OS.
    for multiple reasons.
+ - (bal) Reverted out of a partial NeXT patch.
 
 20001230
  - (bal) OpenBSD CVS Update
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7fade4efd..262b62a69 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ mips-sony-bsd|mips-sony-newsos4)
 	AC_DEFINE(BROKEN_REALPATH)
 	AC_DEFINE(USE_PIPES)
 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/local/include"
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS \${CPPFLAGS}"
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 	;;
 *-*-solaris*)
 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/local/include"