diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_BASE b/configure/CONFIG_BASE
index d965f28de..2f099be96 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_BASE
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_BASE
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ TAPTOJUNIT                 = $(PERL) $(TOOLS)/tap-to-junit-xml.pl
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
 # tools for installing libraries and products
-INSTALL_QUIETLY := $(if $(findstring s,$(MAKEFLAGS)),-q,)
+INSTALL_QUIETLY := $(if $(findstring s,$(MFLAGS)),-q,)
 INSTALL = $(PERL) $(TOOLS)/installEpics.pl $(INSTALL_QUIETLY)
 INSTALL_PRODUCT = $(INSTALL)
 INSTALL_LIBRARY = $(INSTALL)
diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_COMMON b/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
index e6e60332b..43f4866d7 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ IOCS_APPL_TOP               = $(shell $(FULLPATHNAME) $(INSTALL_LOCATION))
 #-------------------------------------------------------
 # Make echo output - suppress echoing if make's '-s' flag is set
 NOP = :
-ECHO = @$(if $(findstring s,$(patsubst T_A=%,,$(MAKEFLAGS))),$(NOP),echo)
+ECHO = @$(if $(findstring s,$(MFLAGS)),$(NOP),echo)
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
 ifdef T_A
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.RTEMS b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.RTEMS
index c22e37a66..8f65b08f7 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.RTEMS
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.RTEMS
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ CPPFLAGS += $($(BUILD_CLASS)_CPPFLAGS) $(POSIX_CPPFLAGS) $(OPT_CPPFLAGS)\
  $(USR_CPPFLAGS) $(CMD_CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS) $(OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS)\
  $(OP_SYS_INCLUDE_CPPFLAGS) $(CODE_CPPFLAGS)
 
-ECHO = @$(if $(findstring s,$(patsubst T_A=%,,$(MAKEFLAGS))),$(NOP),echo)
+ECHO = @$(if $(findstring s,$(MFLAGS)),$(NOP),echo)
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # Although RTEMS uses gcc, it wants to use gcc its own way