diff --git a/docs/configure.in b/docs/configure.in
index 9f191103..6e19e0b8 100755
--- a/docs/configure.in
+++ b/docs/configure.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_SUBST(WORKDIR)
 
 dnl debug output
 echo "file versions"
-for file in $srcdir/*.in; do
+for file in ./*.in; do
   fgrep '$Id' $file | head -1 | sed -e"s/^.*: //g" | sed -e"s/200.\/.*$//g"
 done
 echo "configure options: $@"