diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 03421dfc4c..b0c6ac0bc2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -357,12 +357,12 @@ compilerSupportsFlag()
 int main() { return 0; }
 EOF
     if [ "$OPT_VERBOSE" = "yes" ]; then
-        "$@" -o conftest-out.o conftest.cpp
+        "$@" -o conftest-out conftest.cpp
     else
-        "$@" -o conftest-out.o conftest.cpp >/dev/null 2>&1
+        "$@" -o conftest-out conftest.cpp >/dev/null 2>&1
     fi
     ret=$?
-    rm -f conftest.cpp conftest-out.o
+    rm -f conftest.cpp conftest-out
     return $ret
 }