diff --git a/autogen/configure b/autogen/configure
index 4b27e99acf1..1251680b942 100755
--- a/autogen/configure
+++ b/autogen/configure
@@ -16239,7 +16239,7 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 #define EMACS_CONFIGURATION "${canonical}"
 _ACEOF
 
-emacs_config_options=`echo "$emacs_config_options" | sed -e "s/\"/'/g"`
+emacs_config_options=`echo "$emacs_config_options " | sed -e 's/--no-create //' -e 's/--no-recursion //' -e 's/ *$//' -e "s/\"/'/g"`
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 #define EMACS_CONFIG_OPTIONS "${emacs_config_options}"