diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 360e58dc2d..6d6b816c30 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS" ]; then #default
-    QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS="$QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA/$$QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS_DIRNAME" #fallback
+    QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS="$QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA/$QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS_DIRNAME" #fallback
 fi
 QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS=`"$relpath/config.tests/unix/makeabs" "$QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS"`