diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9ec8df187d..c217ac0bfe 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ cat > $TMPC <<EOF
 int main(void) {}
 EOF
 
-if $cc -c -o $TMPO $TMPC 2>/dev/null ; then
+if $cc -c -o $TMPO $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
   : C compiler works ok
 else
     echo "ERROR: \"$cc\" either does not exist or does not work"
@@ -338,11 +338,11 @@ if test "$check_gcc" = "yes" ; then
 int main(){return 0;}
 EOF
     check_cc() {
-	which "$1" >&/dev/null
+	which "$1" 2> /dev/null
 	return $?
     }
 
-    if "$cc" -o $TMPE $TMPC 2>/dev/null ; then
+    if "$cc" -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
 	echo "WARNING: \"$cc\" looks like gcc 4.x"
 	found_compat_cc="no"
 	if test "$gcc3_search" = "yes" ; then
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv){
 }
 EOF
 
-if $cc -o $TMPE $TMPC 2>/dev/null ; then
+if $cc -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
 $TMPE && bigendian="yes"
 else
 echo big/little test failed