--- configure.in.orig	Wed Feb 15 18:56:07 2006
+++ configure.in	Wed Feb 15 18:56:45 2006
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 FCFLAGS="$FCFLAGS -I. ${INCLUDE_MODULE_FLAG}binio"
 FFLAGS="$FFLAGS -I."
 ELMER_HOME="$prefix"
-FCPPFLAGS="-P $TRADITIONAL_CPP_FLAGS -I. -I$prefix/include -DFULL_INDUCTION -DUSE_ARPACK"
+FCPPFLAGS="-P -traditional -I. $CPPFLAGS -I$prefix/include -DFULL_INDUCTION -DUSE_ARPACK"
 TESTS_FCFLAGS=""
 
 ELMER_LIBERRORMSG="wasn't found, make sure it is in the prefix, or CFLAGS and LIBS are correct if they are somewhere else."