diff --git a/sim/sh/configure.in b/sim/sh/configure.in
index f822c9ef364..033b0bc1615 100644
--- a/sim/sh/configure.in
+++ b/sim/sh/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-dnl Process this file with `autoconf -l ../common' to produce a configure script.
+dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+sinclude(../common/aclocal.m4)
 AC_PREREQ(2.5)dnl
 AC_INIT(Makefile.in)
 
diff --git a/sim/v850/configure.in b/sim/v850/configure.in
index 7d355afd0a9..033b0bc1615 100644
--- a/sim/v850/configure.in
+++ b/sim/v850/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-dnl Process this file with `autoconf -l ../common' to produce a configure script.
-
+dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+sinclude(../common/aclocal.m4)
 AC_PREREQ(2.5)dnl
 AC_INIT(Makefile.in)