--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17945,7 +17945,7 @@
   case $enable_vala in #(
   yes) :
 
-      VAPIGEN=$PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=vapigen $vapigen_pkg_name`
+      VAPIGEN=vapigen
       VAPIGEN_MAKEFILE=$PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=datadir $vapigen_pkg_name`/vala/Makefile.vapigen
       if test "x" = "x"; then :
 
