diff --git a/config/lam_check_optflags.m4 b/config/lam_check_optflags.m4
index dacc254d09..e210c056e3 100644
--- a/config/lam_check_optflags.m4
+++ b/config/lam_check_optflags.m4
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl
 dnl $HEADER$
 dnl
 
-AC_DEFUN(LAM_CHECK_OPTFLAGS,[
+AC_DEFUN([LAM_CHECK_OPTFLAGS],[
 
 # Modularize this setup so that sub-configure.in scripts can use this
 # same setup code.
diff --git a/config/mca_acinclude.m4 b/config/mca_acinclude.m4
index ee92187b8f..168b0519c7 100644
--- a/config/mca_acinclude.m4
+++ b/config/mca_acinclude.m4
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ sinclude(../../../../../config/lam_setup_cxx.m4)
 sinclude(../../../../../config/cxx_find_template_repository.m4)
 sinclude(../../../../../config/cxx_find_template_parameters.m4)
 
-dnl
-dnl Macro to allow SSI configure.stub files to [effectively] sinclude
-dnl other m4 files
-dnl
-
-dnl JMS Need to fix this somehow -- AM 1.8 doesn't like it
-dnl define([LAM_INCLUDE], [sinclude($1)])dnl
-
 dnl
 dnl This will be replaced with sinclude(configure.stub) if it exists
 dnl for that module, or a blank line if it does not.