diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ddec7441ab2bb1f83ccf044bbe3e78b717138bf..25cc24aae028ad66c91d61c4afb4258cf327e0ca 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-06-19  Nathanael Nerode  <neroden@twcny.rr.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Eliminate ${gasdir} variable.
+
 2002-06-18  Dave Brolley  <brolley@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Add support for frv.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1c5f712453257158da7cb93c75f9ba0e8cd9e232..cf039a8dbd4de334d437f2bc938fbe714fe70108 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ case "${enable_target_optspace}:${target}" in
 esac
 
 skipdirs=
-gasdir=gas
 use_gnu_ld=
 use_gnu_as=
 
@@ -1283,7 +1282,7 @@ fi
 # --without-gnu-ld options for the configure script.
 
 if test x${use_gnu_as} = x ; then
-  if test x${with_gnu_as} != xno && echo " ${configdirs} " | grep " ${gasdir} " > /dev/null 2>&1 && test -d ${srcdir}/${gasdir} ; then
+  if test x${with_gnu_as} != xno && echo " ${configdirs} " | grep " gas " > /dev/null 2>&1 && test -d ${srcdir}/gas ; then
     with_gnu_as=yes
     withoptions="$withoptions --with-gnu-as"
   fi