diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4aec9aab2d9..7aae1257be3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 78074 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 78153 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 3.1.
 #
@@ -4703,7 +4703,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: proper usage is --with-universal-arch=32-bit|64-bit|all|int
 				    cur_target='10.5'
 			    fi
 		    else
-			    if test `arch` = "i386"; then
+			    if test `/usr/bin/arch` = "i386"; then
 				    # On Intel macs default to a deployment
 				    # target of 10.4, that's the first OSX
 				    # release with Intel support.
@@ -13292,7 +13292,7 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
     if test "${enable_universalsdk}"; then
 	    :
     else
-        LIBTOOL_CRUFT="${LIBTOOL_CRUFT} -arch_only `arch`"
+        LIBTOOL_CRUFT="${LIBTOOL_CRUFT} -arch_only `/usr/bin/arch`"
     fi
     LIBTOOL_CRUFT=$LIBTOOL_CRUFT' -install_name $(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
     LIBTOOL_CRUFT=$LIBTOOL_CRUFT' -compatibility_version $(VERSION) -current_version $(VERSION)';;
@@ -13360,7 +13360,7 @@ fi
 
 
     if test "${ac_osx_32bit}" = "yes"; then
-    	case `arch` in
+    	case `/usr/bin/arch` in
     	i386)
     		MACOSX_DEFAULT_ARCH="i386"
     		;;
@@ -13374,7 +13374,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Unexpected output of 'arch' on OSX" >&2;}
     		;;
     	esac
     else
-    	case `arch` in
+    	case `/usr/bin/arch` in
     	i386)
     		MACOSX_DEFAULT_ARCH="x86_64"
     		;;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 85c065f2bd3..0022d023d8e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ yes)
 				    cur_target='10.5'
 			    fi
 		    else
-			    if test `arch` = "i386"; then
+			    if test `/usr/bin/arch` = "i386"; then
 				    # On Intel macs default to a deployment
 				    # target of 10.4, that's the first OSX
 				    # release with Intel support.
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
     if test "${enable_universalsdk}"; then
 	    :
     else
-        LIBTOOL_CRUFT="${LIBTOOL_CRUFT} -arch_only `arch`"
+        LIBTOOL_CRUFT="${LIBTOOL_CRUFT} -arch_only `/usr/bin/arch`"
     fi
     LIBTOOL_CRUFT=$LIBTOOL_CRUFT' -install_name $(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
     LIBTOOL_CRUFT=$LIBTOOL_CRUFT' -compatibility_version $(VERSION) -current_version $(VERSION)';;
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
        ac_osx_32bit=yes)
     
     if test "${ac_osx_32bit}" = "yes"; then
-    	case `arch` in
+    	case `/usr/bin/arch` in
     	i386) 
     		MACOSX_DEFAULT_ARCH="i386" 
     		;;
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
     		;;
     	esac
     else
-    	case `arch` in
+    	case `/usr/bin/arch` in
     	i386) 
     		MACOSX_DEFAULT_ARCH="x86_64" 
     		;;