diff --git a/newlib/configure b/newlib/configure
index eb4b3b275..9613214eb 100755
--- a/newlib/configure
+++ b/newlib/configure
@@ -2513,7 +2513,7 @@ if test "${enable_newlib_long_time_t+set}" = set; then :
   esac
  fi
 else
-  newlib_nano_malloc=
+  newlib_long_time_t=no
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/newlib/configure.in b/newlib/configure.in
index 9d304817d..adce036bf 100644
--- a/newlib/configure.in
+++ b/newlib/configure.in
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(newlib-long-time_t,
     no)  newlib_long_time_t=no  ;;
     *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for newlib-long-time_t option) ;;
   esac
- fi], [newlib_nano_malloc=])dnl
+ fi], [newlib_long_time_t=no])dnl
 
 NEWLIB_CONFIGURE(.)