diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index f3ecefc978..0e69e969d0 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -778,10 +778,10 @@ def checkConverterEntries():
 
     # eLyXer: search as an executable (elyxer.py, elyxer)
     path, elyxer = checkProg('a LyX -> HTML converter',
-        ['elyxer.py --directory $$r $$i $$o', 'elyxer --nofooter --directory $$r $$i $$o'],
+        ['elyxer.py --nofooter --directory $$r $$i $$o', 'elyxer --nofooter --directory $$r $$i $$o'],
         rc_entry = [ r'\converter lyx      html       "%%"	""' ])
     path, elyxer = checkProg('a LyX -> HTML (MS Word) converter',
-        ['elyxer.py --html --directory $$r $$i $$o', 'elyxer --nofooter --html --directory $$r $$i $$o'],
+        ['elyxer.py --html --nofooter --directory $$r $$i $$o', 'elyxer --nofooter --html --directory $$r $$i $$o'],
         rc_entry = [ r'\converter lyx      wordhtml       "%%"	""' ])
     if elyxer.find('elyxer') >= 0:
       addToRC(r'''\copier    html       "python -tt $$s/scripts/ext_copy.py -e html,png,jpg,jpeg,css $$i $$o"''')