diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3179c1756..7e03e07c9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ infodir
 docdir
 oldincludedir
 includedir
-runstatedir
 localstatedir
 sharedstatedir
 sysconfdir
@@ -784,7 +783,6 @@ datadir='${datarootdir}'
 sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
 sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
 localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
-runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
 includedir='${prefix}/include'
 oldincludedir='/usr/include'
 docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
@@ -1037,15 +1035,6 @@ do
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil)
     silent=yes ;;
 
-  -runstatedir | --runstatedir | --runstatedi | --runstated \
-  | --runstate | --runstat | --runsta | --runst | --runs \
-  | --run | --ru | --r)
-    ac_prev=runstatedir ;;
-  -runstatedir=* | --runstatedir=* | --runstatedi=* | --runstated=* \
-  | --runstate=* | --runstat=* | --runsta=* | --runst=* | --runs=* \
-  | --run=* | --ru=* | --r=*)
-    runstatedir=$ac_optarg ;;
-
   -sbindir | --sbindir | --sbindi | --sbind | --sbin | --sbi | --sb)
     ac_prev=sbindir ;;
   -sbindir=* | --sbindir=* | --sbindi=* | --sbind=* | --sbin=* \
@@ -1183,7 +1172,7 @@ fi
 for ac_var in	exec_prefix prefix bindir sbindir libexecdir datarootdir \
 		datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir includedir \
 		oldincludedir docdir infodir htmldir dvidir pdfdir psdir \
-		libdir localedir mandir runstatedir
+		libdir localedir mandir
 do
   eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
   # Remove trailing slashes.
@@ -1336,7 +1325,6 @@ Fine tuning of the installation directories:
   --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
   --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
   --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
-  --runstatedir=DIR       modifiable per-process data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
   --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
   --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
   --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
@@ -4705,9 +4693,8 @@ fi
     libsubdirs="lib64 libx32 lib lib64" ;; #(
   ppc64|s390x|sparc64|aarch64|ppc64le) :
     libsubdirs="lib64 lib lib64" ;; #(
-  libsubdirs="lib") :
-     ;; #(
   *) :
+    libsubdirs="lib"
      ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/m4/ax_boost_base.m4 b/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
index 19c71b675..d1a65b9f6 100644
--- a/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AX_BOOST_BASE_RUNDETECT],[
     AS_CASE([${host_cpu}],
       [x86_64],[libsubdirs="lib64 libx32 lib lib64"],
       [ppc64|s390x|sparc64|aarch64|ppc64le],[libsubdirs="lib64 lib lib64"],
-      [libsubdirs="lib"],
+      [libsubdirs="lib"]
     )
 
     dnl allow for real multi-arch paths e.g. /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu. Give