diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 674c7501c9..d3b85bd82d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16289,7 +16289,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-            SHARED_LD="$(AIX_CXX_LD) -p 0 -o"
+            SHARED_LD="$AIX_CXX_LD -p 0 -o"
         fi
       ;;
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 029a89fcbc..4232da8be5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2990,7 +2990,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_SHARED" = "yes"; then
             AC_CHECK_PROG(AIX_CXX_LD, makeC++SharedLib,
                           makeC++SharedLib, /usr/lpp/xlC/bin/makeC++SharedLib)
 
-            SHARED_LD="$(AIX_CXX_LD) -p 0 -o"
+            SHARED_LD="$AIX_CXX_LD -p 0 -o"
         fi
       ;;
 
diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 68ec5b8074..4740eab8f9 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ Generic:
 Unix:
 
 - Unicode compilation fix in wxDateTime
+- typo in configure which broke AIX build fixed (Swengtoo)
 
 wxMSW: