diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9ebcbc738..483ecc41e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7093,6 +7093,7 @@ fi
 	# gcc on cygwin seems to have trouble with longjmp
         # and -fomit-frame-point -DBP_FREE
 	YAPLIB="yap.dll"
+	DYNYAPLIB="yap.dll"
 	SHLIB_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 	SHLIB_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
         if test "$target_win64" = no
@@ -8443,7 +8444,6 @@ fi
 
 
 
-EXEC_SUFFIX=""
 
 
 
@@ -9559,7 +9559,7 @@ fi
 if test "$ac_cv_func_getrlimit" = "yes"; then
   TARGETS="$TARGETS rlimit.$SO"
 else
-  "WARNING: no getrlimit(); dropping rlimit.pl from targets"
+  echo "WARNING: no getrlimit(); dropping rlimit.pl from targets"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 74d118ac0..bdb22151c 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ dnl Linux has both elf and a.out, in this case we found elf
 	# gcc on cygwin seems to have trouble with longjmp
         # and -fomit-frame-point -DBP_FREE
 	YAPLIB="yap.dll"
+	DYNYAPLIB="yap.dll"
 	SHLIB_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 	SHLIB_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
         if test "$target_win64" = no
@@ -1388,7 +1389,6 @@ AC_SUBST(SHLIB_CXXFLAGS)
 dnl suffix for loadable binary (.so,.dll,.o)
 AC_SUBST(SO)
 dnl suffix for executable (.exe)
-EXEC_SUFFIX=""
 AC_SUBST(EXEC_SUFFIX)
 dnl how to call the loader
 AC_SUBST(DO_SECOND_LD)
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ fi
 if test "$ac_cv_func_getrlimit" = "yes"; then
   TARGETS="$TARGETS rlimit.$SO"
 else
-  "WARNING: no getrlimit(); dropping rlimit.pl from targets"
+  echo "WARNING: no getrlimit(); dropping rlimit.pl from targets"
 fi