diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7a266d80..b64f2a00 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Check for LAPACK libraries
 AX_LAPACK([], [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find LAPACK libraries])])
 
 AC_ARG_VAR(INTERFACE64, [set to 1 to use the 64-bit integer interface (ILP64) for ARPACK, BLAS and LAPACK])
-if test x"$INTERFACE64" == x"1"; then
+if test x"$INTERFACE64" = x"1"; then
   AC_LANG_PUSH([Fortran 77])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG(-fdefault-integer-8, FFLAGS="$FFLAGS -fdefault-integer-8",
                         AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG(-i8, FFLAGS="$FFLAGS -i8",
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ AS_IF([test x"$enable_mpi" != x"no"], [
 ])
 
 dnl TODO: this needs full re-write of parpack to support ILP64...
-if test x"$INTERFACE64" == x"1"; then
+if test x"$INTERFACE64" = x"1"; then
   if test x"$enable_mpi" != x"no"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Parallel arpack does not support ILP64.])
   fi