diff --git a/libs/libsndfile/configure.gnu b/libs/libsndfile/configure.gnu
index 8874539767..b9ff51f104 100644
--- a/libs/libsndfile/configure.gnu
+++ b/libs/libsndfile/configure.gnu
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh
 srcpath=$(dirname $0 2>/dev/null )  || srcpath="." 
-$srcpath/configure "$@" --disable-sqlite --disable-shared --with-pic --disable-external libs --disable-octave
+$srcpath/configure "$@" --disable-sqlite --disable-shared --with-pic --disable-octave