diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9bffafd5f7a283c912592c67acf0a21c5c91f1f1..c8251712b6c66166c6930b3a82f0c8a72e4626f1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10855,7 +10855,14 @@ then
         -I*) ARTSC_CFLAGS="$ARTSC_CFLAGS $i";;
       esac
     done
-    ARTSC_LIBS=`$ARTSCCONFIG --libs`
+    ARTSC_LIBS=""
+    for i in `$ARTSCCONFIG --libs`
+    do
+      case "$i" in
+        -L/usr/lib|-L/usr/lib64) ;;
+        -L*|-l*) ARTSC_LIBS="$ARTSC_LIBS $i";;
+      esac
+    done
     save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ARTSC_CFLAGS"
     echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for arts_init in -lartsc" >&5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index afcc222bb8b7ccb94687f236033e26ce4724fad3..80898368936d26a901aaa35bcf32f9567fa48a38 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -711,7 +711,14 @@ then
         -I*) ARTSC_CFLAGS="$ARTSC_CFLAGS $i";;
       esac
     done
-    ARTSC_LIBS=`$ARTSCCONFIG --libs`
+    ARTSC_LIBS=""
+    for i in `$ARTSCCONFIG --libs`
+    do
+      case "$i" in
+        -L/usr/lib|-L/usr/lib64) ;;
+        -L*|-l*) ARTSC_LIBS="$ARTSC_LIBS $i";;
+      esac
+    done
     save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ARTSC_CFLAGS"
     AC_CHECK_LIB(artsc,arts_init,