diff --git a/bash.changes b/bash.changes
index 27696c6..6d9bee6 100644
--- a/bash.changes
+++ b/bash.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  9 08:55:09 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Avoid autoconf on older products 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan  8 17:43:01 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/bash.spec b/bash.spec
index d5d54fa..7d2fdfb 100644
--- a/bash.spec
+++ b/bash.spec
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ done
   MACHTYPE=${CPU}-suse-linux
   export LANG LC_ALL HOSTTYPE MACHTYPE
 pushd ../readline-%{rl_vers}%{extend}
-%if %suse_version >= 1100
+%if 0%suse_version >= 1100
   autoconf
 %endif
   cflags ()
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ popd
   CC_FOR_BUILD="$CC"
   CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="$CFLAGS"
   export CC_FOR_BUILD CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD CFLAGS LDFLAGS CC
+%if 0%suse_version >= 1100
   autoconf
+%endif
   #
   # We have a malloc with our glibc
   #