diff --git a/Shorewall-core/configure b/Shorewall-core/configure
index 9b205b844..1b1a27ad1 100755
--- a/Shorewall-core/configure
+++ b/Shorewall-core/configure
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if [ -z "$vendor" ]; then
 
     vendor=${params[HOST]}
 elif [ $vendor = linux ]; then
-    rcfile=$shorewallrc.default;
+    rcfile=shorewallrc.default;
 else
     rcfile=shorewallrc.$vendor
     if [ ! -f $rcfile ]; then