diff --git a/filters/kword/msword/configure.in.in b/filters/kword/msword/configure.in.in
index 724d5ef6c..921209829 100644
--- a/filters/kword/msword/configure.in.in
+++ b/filters/kword/msword/configure.in.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if test -n "$WV2_CONFIG"; then
   vers=`$WV2_CONFIG --version 2>/dev/null | $SED -e 's/libwv2 //' | $AWK 'BEGIN { FS = "."; } { printf "%d", ($1 * 1000 + $2) * 1000 + $3;}'`
   if test -n "$vers" && test "$vers" -ge 1009
   then
-     LIBWV2_LIBS="`$WV2_CONFIG --libs`"
+     LIBWV2_LIBS="-lwv2"
      LIBWV2_RPATH=
      for args in $LIBWV2_LIBS; do
 	  case $args in