diff --git a/configure/RULES_TOP b/configure/RULES_TOP
index 52d767456..6e7ebe1f4 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_TOP
+++ b/configure/RULES_TOP
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(wildcard $(INSTALL_LOCATION_LIB)/*),)
 	@$(RMDIR) $(INSTALL_LOCATION_LIB)
 endif
-	echo
+	@echo
 # The echo above stops a "nothing to be done for cleandirs" message
 
 distclean: realclean realuninstall