diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f8f9442..f276550 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -786,9 +786,9 @@ APACHE_SUBST(INSTALL_SUEXEC)
 
 dnl APR should go after the other libs, so the right symbols can be picked up
 if test x${apu_found} != xobsolete; then
-  AP_LIBS="$AP_LIBS `$apu_config --avoid-ldap --link-libtool --libs`"
+  AP_LIBS="$AP_LIBS `$apu_config --avoid-ldap --link-libtool`"
 fi
-AP_LIBS="$AP_LIBS `$apr_config --link-libtool --libs`" 
+AP_LIBS="$AP_LIBS `$apr_config --link-libtool`" 
 APACHE_SUBST(AP_LIBS)
 APACHE_SUBST(AP_BUILD_SRCLIB_DIRS)
 APACHE_SUBST(AP_CLEAN_SRCLIB_DIRS)