diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 8118748153..3dfe298eb5 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ if test \$DEPSMODE = gcc ; then
     else
         depfile=\`basename \$objfile | sed -e 's/\..*$/.d/g'\`
         if test -f \$depfile ; then
-            sed -e "s,\$depobjname:,\$objfile:,g" \$depfile >\${DEPSDIR}/\${objfile}.d
+            sed -e "/^\$objfile/! s,\$depobjname:,\$objfile:,g" \$depfile >\${DEPSDIR}/\${objfile}.d
             rm -f \$depfile
         fi
     fi
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 489c91d981..244fb36f2d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -34210,7 +34210,7 @@ if test \$DEPSMODE = gcc ; then
     else
         depfile=\`basename \$objfile | sed -e 's/\..*$/.d/g'\`
         if test -f \$depfile ; then
-            sed -e "s,\$depobjname:,\$objfile:,g" \$depfile >\${DEPSDIR}/\${objfile}.d
+            sed -e "/^\$objfile/! s,\$depobjname:,\$objfile:,g" \$depfile >\${DEPSDIR}/\${objfile}.d
             rm -f \$depfile
         fi
     fi