diff --git a/build/configure.sh b/build/configure.sh
index be566717964cacaebc146cbdc41c1276941297af..5b0f205b32c33ede59794dfe56800b8c87618371 100755
--- a/build/configure.sh
+++ b/build/configure.sh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function test_legacy_fortran {
       J=I-I
       END
 EOF
-    $1 -std=legacy conf_test_fortran.f -o conf_test_fortran > /dev/null 2>errors.log
+    $1 -std=legacy conf_test_fortran.f -o conf_test_fortran > /dev/null 2>error.log
     result=$?
     rm conf_test_fortran.f
     if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ echo -n "configure: checking for ar... "
 if [ "x$AR" = "x" ]; then
     AR="ar"
 fi
-$AR --version > /dev/null 2>errors.log
+$AR --version > /dev/null 2>error.log
 result=$?
 if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
     echo "$AR"
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ else
       J=I-I
       END
 EOF
-    $FC -ggdb test_fortran.f -o test_fortran > /dev/null 2>errors.log
+    $FC -ggdb test_fortran.f -o test_fortran > /dev/null 2>error.log
     result=$?
     if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
 	echo "yes"
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int main() {
   return (i + j);
 }
 EOF
-$CXX $CLANGFLAGS test_compiler.cpp -o test_compiler > /dev/null 2>errors.log
+$CXX $CLANGFLAGS test_compiler.cpp -o test_compiler > /dev/null 2>error.log
 result=$?
 if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
     echo "yes"
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ else
     exit 2
 fi
 echo -n "configure: checking wether $CXX supports -ggdb... "
-$CXX $CLANGFLAGS -ggdb test_compiler.cpp -o test_compiler > /dev/null 2>errors.log
+$CXX $CLANGFLAGS -ggdb test_compiler.cpp -o test_compiler > /dev/null 2>error.log
 result=$?
 if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
     echo "yes"
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int main() {
   return result;
 }
 EOF
-$CXX test_compiler.cpp -o test_compiler > /dev/null 2>errors.log
+$CXX test_compiler.cpp -o test_compiler > /dev/null 2>error.log
 result=$?
 if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
     ./test_compiler
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ int main() {
   return result;
 }
 EOF
-    $CXX -fopenmp test_compiler.cpp -o test_compiler > /dev/null 2>errors.log
+    $CXX -fopenmp test_compiler.cpp -o test_compiler > /dev/null 2>error.log
     result=$?
     if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
 	./test_compiler
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ EOF
     result=$?
     rm conf_test_offload.cpp
     if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
-	./conf_test_offload > /dev/null 2>errors.log
+	./conf_test_offload > /dev/null 2>error.log
 	result=$?
 	rm conf_test_offload
     fi