diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index 10437d97a2..7b362e3ade 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-07-15  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* configure.m4: typo
+
 2005-07-12  José Matos  <jamatos@lyx.org>
 
 	* lyx2lyx/lyx_1_4.py (add_to_preamble): Make it more robust.
diff --git a/lib/configure.m4 b/lib/configure.m4
index cd48d751d5..576f15e9cb 100644
--- a/lib/configure.m4
+++ b/lib/configure.m4
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ else
     MSG_RESULT(no)
     tex_allows_spaces=false
   fi
-  rm -r "$fname".* texput.log
+  rm -f "$fname".* texput.log
 fi
 
 echo "creating $outfile"