diff --git a/ase/configure b/ase/configure
index 987c5b31..47d5e3c3 100755
--- a/ase/configure
+++ b/ase/configure
@@ -26766,10 +26766,10 @@ CJFLAGS=$CJFLAGS
 BUILD_CJ=$BUILD_CJ
 
 
+echo "################ ${CXX} ######################"
+
+
 if test -n "${CXX}"; then
-
-
-if true; then
   HAVE_CXX_TRUE=
   HAVE_CXX_FALSE='#'
 else
@@ -26777,18 +26777,6 @@ else
   HAVE_CXX_FALSE=
 fi
 
-else
-
-
-if false; then
-  HAVE_CXX_TRUE=
-  HAVE_CXX_FALSE='#'
-else
-  HAVE_CXX_TRUE='#'
-  HAVE_CXX_FALSE=
-fi
-
-fi
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files makefile include/makefile include/ase/makefile include/ase/cmn/makefile include/ase/awk/makefile include/ase/lsp/makefile include/ase/tgp/makefile include/ase/utl/makefile lib/makefile lib/cmn/makefile lib/awk/makefile lib/lsp/makefile lib/tgp/makefile lib/utl/makefile cmd/makefile cmd/awk/makefile cmd/lsp/makefile cmd/tgp/makefile"
 
@@ -26916,13 +26904,6 @@ echo "$as_me: error: conditional \"HAVE_CXX\" was never defined.
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 fi
-if test -z "${HAVE_CXX_TRUE}" && test -z "${HAVE_CXX_FALSE}"; then
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: conditional \"HAVE_CXX\" was never defined.
-Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: conditional \"HAVE_CXX\" was never defined.
-Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-fi
 
 : ${CONFIG_STATUS=./config.status}
 ac_clean_files_save=$ac_clean_files
diff --git a/ase/configure.ac b/ase/configure.ac
index fa2d7769..e01015b7 100644
--- a/ase/configure.ac
+++ b/ase/configure.ac
@@ -271,11 +271,8 @@ AC_SUBST(BUILD_JNI, $BUILD_JNI)
 AC_SUBST(CJFLAGS, $CJFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(BUILD_CJ, $BUILD_CJ)
 
-if test -n "${CXX}"; then
-	AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CXX,true)
-else
-	AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CXX,false)
-fi
+echo "################ ${CXX} ######################"
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CXX, test -n "${CXX}")
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	makefile