diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3ef85bdcda..1911f837ba 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 # Prevent locale nonsense from breaking basic text processing.
-LC_ALL=C
-export LC_ALL
+export LC_ALL=C
 
 # make sure we are running under a compatible shell
 # try to make this part work with most shells