diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e25820bcc..25e63ccc6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4552,11 +4552,11 @@ then
   threads="yes"
 fi
 
-if test "$orparallelism" = copy  || test "$orparallelism" = yes -a "$threads" = no
+if test "$orparallelism" = copy || test "$orparallelism" = yes -a "$threads" = no
 then
   orparallelism="copy"
   use_malloc="no"
-elif  "$orparallelism" != no
+elif test "$orparallelism" != no
 then
   tabling="no"
 fi
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 187246d3d..1f3c179b1 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ if test "$orparallelism" = copy || test "$orparallelism" = yes -a "$threads" = n
 then
   orparallelism="copy"
   use_malloc="no"
-elif [ "$orparallelism" != no ]
+elif test "$orparallelism" != no
 then
   tabling="no"
 fi