diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7992812984..462a9b75db 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2702,7 +2702,7 @@ fi
 # temporary config to build submodules
 for rom in seabios vgabios ; do
     config_mak=roms/$rom/config.mak
-    echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" >> $config_mak
+    echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $config_mak
     echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path/roms/$rom" >> $config_mak
     echo "CC=$cc" >> $config_mak
     echo "BCC=bcc" >> $config_mak
@@ -2718,7 +2718,7 @@ for hwlib in 32 64; do
   mkdir -p $d
   rm -f $d/Makefile
   ln -s $source_path/Makefile.hw $d/Makefile
-  echo "QEMU_CFLAGS+=-DTARGET_PHYS_ADDR_BITS=$hwlib" >> $d/config.mak
+  echo "QEMU_CFLAGS+=-DTARGET_PHYS_ADDR_BITS=$hwlib" > $d/config.mak
 done
 
 d=libuser