diff --git a/config.tests/unix/fvisibility.test b/config.tests/unix/fvisibility.test
index 27c6841082f..6e564100753 100755
--- a/config.tests/unix/fvisibility.test
+++ b/config.tests/unix/fvisibility.test
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ __global void blah();
 EOF
 
     if [ "$VERBOSE" = "yes" ] ; then
-        "$COMPILER" -c $CMDLINE fvisibility.c && FVISIBILITY_SUPPORT=yes
+        $COMPILER -c $CMDLINE fvisibility.c && FVISIBILITY_SUPPORT=yes
     else
-        "$COMPILER" -c $CMDLINE fvisibility.c >/dev/null 2>&1 && FVISIBILITY_SUPPORT=yes
+        $COMPILER -c $CMDLINE fvisibility.c >/dev/null 2>&1 && FVISIBILITY_SUPPORT=yes
     fi
     rm -f fvisibility.c fvisibility.o
 }