diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f53afe..c42c321 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9936,7 +9936,6 @@ else
 else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-[
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 int main(int argc, char*argv[])
@@ -9945,7 +9944,6 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[])
     return 1;
   return 0;
 }
-]
 _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
   ac_cv_have_chflags=yes
@@ -9985,7 +9983,6 @@ else
 else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-[
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 int main(int argc, char*argv[])
@@ -9994,7 +9991,6 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[])
     return 1;
   return 0;
 }
-]
 _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
   ac_cv_have_lchflags=yes
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a4ca854..8853fd1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2801,7 +2801,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(c, inet_aton, [$ac_cv_prog_TRUE],
 # On Tru64, chflags seems to be present, but calling it will
 # exit Python
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for chflags], [ac_cv_have_chflags], [dnl
-AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[[
+AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 int main(int argc, char*argv[])
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[])
     return 1;
   return 0;
 }
-]]])],
+]])],
 [ac_cv_have_chflags=yes],
 [ac_cv_have_chflags=no],
 [ac_cv_have_chflags=cross])
@@ -2823,7 +2823,7 @@ if test "$ac_cv_have_chflags" = yes ; then
 fi
 
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for lchflags], [ac_cv_have_lchflags], [dnl
-AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[[
+AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 int main(int argc, char*argv[])
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[])
     return 1;
   return 0;
 }
-]]])],[ac_cv_have_lchflags=yes],[ac_cv_have_lchflags=no],[ac_cv_have_lchflags=cross])
+]])],[ac_cv_have_lchflags=yes],[ac_cv_have_lchflags=no],[ac_cv_have_lchflags=cross])
 ])
 if test "$ac_cv_have_lchflags" = cross ; then
   AC_CHECK_FUNC([lchflags], [ac_cv_have_lchflags="yes"], [ac_cv_have_lchflags="no"])