--- a/old-configure.in
+++ b/old-configure.in
@@ -6569,23 +6569,20 @@ if test -z "$direct_nspr_config"; then
     RC=
 fi
 
 unset MAKEFILES
 unset CONFIG_FILES
 
 # Run all configure scripts specified by a subconfigure
 if test -n "$_subconfigure_subdir"; then
-  _save_srcdir="$srcdir"
-  srcdir="$srcdir/.."
   _save_ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args"
   ac_configure_args="$_subconfigure_config_args"
   AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS_NOW("$_subconfigure_subdir",$cache_file)
   ac_configure_args="$_save_ac_configure_args"
-  srcdir="$_save_srcdir"
 fi
 
 if test "$COMPILE_ENVIRONMENT"; then
 
 export WRAP_LDFLAGS
 
 dnl ========================================================
 dnl = Setup a nice relatively clean build environment for