diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e8c8257f6af497b12dc1d36ad3efcdc2ba9263ea..187ac35a1d8a8c57552a23b5184f611575085a8c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -562,8 +562,8 @@ fi
 # static link with sdl ?
 if test "$sdl" = "yes" ; then
 aa="no"
-`$sdl_config --static-libs | grep \\\-laa > /dev/null` && aa="yes"
-sdl_static_libs=`$sdl_config --static-libs`
+`$sdl_config --static-libs 2>/dev/null | grep \\\-laa > /dev/null` && aa="yes"
+sdl_static_libs=`$sdl_config --static-libs 2>/dev/null`
 if [ "$aa" = "yes" ] ; then
   sdl_static_libs="$sdl_static_libs `aalib-config --static-libs`"
 fi