diff --git a/bin/duneproject b/bin/duneproject
index cda0f80d6c45aedb47df5e6b58ba923b0e8ba440..6901a7f7af548401904ec862d06ce2604ce4ac89 100755
--- a/bin/duneproject
+++ b/bin/duneproject
@@ -501,12 +501,12 @@ echo "- $PROJECT/m4/Makefile.am"
 cat> "$PROJECT/m4/Makefile.am" << CC_DELIM
 M4FILES = $MODULE.m4
 
-aclocaldir = $\(datadir\)/aclocal
-aclocal_DATA = $\(M4FILES\)
+aclocaldir = $(datadir)/aclocal
+aclocal_DATA = $(M4FILES)
 
-EXTRA_DIST = $\(M4FILES\)
+EXTRA_DIST = $(M4FILES)
 
-include $\(top_srcdir\)/am/global-rules
+include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules
 CC_DELIM
 
 ################## M4/PROJECT.M4 ####################