--- a/configure	Sun Sep 24 18:43:58 2023 +0200
+++ b/configure	Sun Sep 24 18:48:42 2023 +0200
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 MANDIR=
 
 # custom variables
-MKDIR="mkdir -p"
-RMDIR="rm -fR"
 
 # features
 
@@ -176,8 +174,6 @@
 INCLUDEDIR="$INCLUDEDIR"
 INFODIR="$INFODIR"
 MANDIR="$MANDIR"
-MKDIR=$MKDIR
-RMDIR=$RMDIR
 __EOF__
 sort -u -o "$TEMP_DIR/vars.mk" "$TEMP_DIR/vars.mk"
 
@@ -253,6 +249,11 @@
             break
         fi
 
+        cat >> "$TEMP_DIR/make.mk" << __EOF__
+MKDIR=mkdir -p
+RMDIR=rm -fR
+
+__EOF__
         break
     done
     break