diff --git a/src/run_autoconfig b/src/run_autoconfig
index 0f2e4b02456e584038fd845b1aee834e77695d8b..9af9301548d5ec2fb1c6519fce66d8640bc0766b 100755
--- a/src/run_autoconfig
+++ b/src/run_autoconfig
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ need_to_make_depend=no
 
 find . -type d -print|egrep -v '/(CVS)|(RCS)$'| while read dir; do
 
-  if [ -f $dir/Makefile.am ]; then
-    if [ -f $dir/configure.in ]; then
-      # aclocal needs to be run before autoconf
-      echo "Running aclocal in $dir"
-      (cd $dir ; aclocal)
-    fi
+  if [ -f $dir/Makefile.am -a -f $dir/configure.in ]; then
+    # aclocal needs to be run before autoconf
+    echo "Running aclocal in $dir"
+    (cd $dir ; aclocal)
     echo "Running automake in $dir"
     (cd $dir ; automake)
   fi