diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e5c715637b09444ff5d247e200a6a42ea6a23fd3..201983bd2349fcf20cf1b89165787d3a4cf168f5 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ m4_ifdef([AX_BLAS],,[m4_include([m4/ax_blas.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_LAPACK],,[m4_include([m4/ax_lapack.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_SUITESPARSE],,[m4_include([m4/ax_suitesparse.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_EIGEN],,[m4_include([m4/ax_eigen.m4])])
-m4_ifdef([AX_LIB_HDF5],,[m4_include([m4/ax_lib_hdf5.m4])]])
+m4_ifdef([AX_LIB_HDF5],,[m4_include([m4/ax_lib_hdf5.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_PETSC_LIB],,[m4/ax_petsc_lib.m4])
 
 case $host_os in