diff --git a/bin/duneproject b/bin/duneproject
index 30056850d101e061adef12ce8f3b0afe7df94b88..c612df29f6be280070681c8493c2c4dc78189809 100755
--- a/bin/duneproject
+++ b/bin/duneproject
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 DUNE_AC_INIT # gets module version from dune.module file
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/$CMODULE.cc])
-AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 
 # we need no more than the standard DE-stuff
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 194b9b33384176cd0b0580141b5bdd8865e18276..4e1c30521b5f92c3aee56006c1626605d1dfe430 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 DUNE_AC_INIT # gets module version from dune.module file
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([dune/common/stdstreams.cc])
-AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 # add configure flags needed to create log files for dune-autobuild
 DUNE_AUTOBUILD_FLAGS