diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 45decf4955..a8503f7618 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -46873,7 +46873,7 @@ fi
         if test "$wxUSE_GSTREAMER" = "yes"; then
                                     case "${host}" in
                 *-*-solaris2* )
-                    if "$GCC" = yes; then
+                    if test "$GCC" = yes; then
                         GST_CFLAGS=`echo $GST_CFLAGS | sed 's/-mt//'`
                         GST_LIBS=`echo $GST_LIBS | sed 's/-mt//'`
                     fi
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e6ba1579d9..ef3ef77d1a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7778,7 +7778,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_MEDIACTRL" = "yes"; then
             dnl CC-specific "-mt" in its flags, remove it for gcc compilation
             case "${host}" in
                 *-*-solaris2* )
-                    if "$GCC" = yes; then
+                    if test "$GCC" = yes; then
                         GST_CFLAGS=`echo $GST_CFLAGS | sed 's/-mt//'`
                         GST_LIBS=`echo $GST_LIBS | sed 's/-mt//'`
                     fi