diff --git a/build/php.m4 b/build/php.m4
index da316944f3e2a..8eadfeb509905 100644
--- a/build/php.m4
+++ b/build/php.m4
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ AS_VAR_IF([CFLAGS],, [auto_cflags=1])
 dnl Required programs.
 PHP_PROG_AWK
 
+abs_srcdir=$(cd $srcdir && pwd)
+abs_builddir=$(pwd)
+
 dnl Run at the end of the configuration, before creating the config.status.
 AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
 [dnl Directory for storing shared objects of extensions.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2ac4cbc08438e..ad3cf70385aa1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PHP_INIT_BUILD_SYSTEM
 
-abs_srcdir=`(cd $srcdir; pwd)`
-abs_builddir=`pwd`
-
 dnl Because `make install` is often performed by the superuser, we create the
 dnl libs subdirectory as the user who configures PHP. Otherwise, the current
 dnl user will not be able to delete libs or the contents of libs.
diff --git a/scripts/phpize.m4 b/scripts/phpize.m4
index a4d71b0e33cf3..09adfa787b54c 100644
--- a/scripts/phpize.m4
+++ b/scripts/phpize.m4
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([PHP_ALWAYS_SHARED],[
 
 PHP_INIT_BUILD_SYSTEM
 
-abs_srcdir=`(cd $srcdir && pwd)`
-abs_builddir=`pwd`
-
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 AC_PROG_CC([cc gcc])
 PHP_DETECT_ICC