--- configure.ac.orig	2026-04-19 08:40:17 UTC
+++ configure.ac
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ if test x$use_curl = xtrue; then
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBCURL], [libcurl >= 7],
     AC_DEFINE(LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_HTTP, 1, [Define if you have libcurl and it supports http]) dnl not technically accurate... but we are using that define in the source.
     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $LIBCURL_CFLAGS"
-    LIBS=$"$LIBS $LIBCURL_LIBS",
+    LIBS="$LIBS $LIBCURL_LIBS",
     AC_MSG_ERROR([libcurl not found. Either provide it or disable it (with `configure --disable-curl`)])
     )
 fi