diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 77d9c6e27e..e32266b8b2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15260,7 +15260,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_SHARED" = "yes"; then
 
     case "${host}" in
       *-hp-hpux* )
-                if test "$GCC" == "yes"; then
+                if test "$GCC" = "yes"; then
             SHARED_LD="${SHARED_LD} ${PIC_FLAG}"
         else
                         LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L/usr/lib"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ab6d0a1231..f5bb406ea6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2672,7 +2672,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_SHARED" = "yes"; then
     case "${host}" in
       *-hp-hpux* )
         dnl default settings are good for gcc but not for the native HP-UX
-        if test "$GCC" == "yes"; then
+        if test "$GCC" = "yes"; then
             SHARED_LD="${SHARED_LD} ${PIC_FLAG}"
         else
             dnl no idea why it wants it, but it does