diff --git a/build/configure.sh b/build/configure.sh
index 5acd3c27e21d9164ba58962abe0e6a162949b7a5..0b06c58193ed3060304b877f9822e89fbbe1ce23 100755
--- a/build/configure.sh
+++ b/build/configure.sh
@@ -576,8 +576,7 @@ if [ "x$LAPACK" != "xno" ]; then
 fi
 # End of LAPACK checks
 # cuBLAS checks
-if [ "xCUBLAS" != "xno" ]; then
-    echo -n "configure: checking for cuBLAS... "
+if [ "x$CUBLAS" != "xno" ]; then
     pkg-config --version > /dev/null
     use_pkg_config=$?
     if [ "x${CUDAFLAGS}${CUDALDFLAGS}" = "x" ]; then