diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 79e393708e..d2a2154df8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -25874,8 +25874,8 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
     if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE" = "yes" -a "$wxUSE_REGEX" = "yes"; then
-        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: Defaulting to the the builtin regex library for Unicode build." >&5
-echo "$as_me: WARNING: Defaulting to the the builtin regex library for Unicode build." >&2;}
+        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: Defaulting to the builtin regex library for Unicode build." >&5
+echo "$as_me: WARNING: Defaulting to the builtin regex library for Unicode build." >&2;}
         wxUSE_REGEX=builtin
     fi
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7db5767d29..203bd15dfc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2234,7 +2234,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_REGEX" != "no"; then
     AC_DEFINE(wxUSE_REGEX)
 
     if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE" = "yes" -a "$wxUSE_REGEX" = "yes"; then
-        AC_MSG_WARN([Defaulting to the the builtin regex library for Unicode build.])
+        AC_MSG_WARN([Defaulting to the builtin regex library for Unicode build.])
         wxUSE_REGEX=builtin
     fi