diff --git a/src/scripts/nightly/conf/ubuntu-pthread.i386.config b/src/scripts/nightly/conf/ubuntu-pthread.i386.config
index f8cb5d19..85daed16 100644
--- a/src/scripts/nightly/conf/ubuntu-pthread.i386.config
+++ b/src/scripts/nightly/conf/ubuntu-pthread.i386.config
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 SCRIPTDIR=/home/empire
 BOXDIR=boxes
 LOGDIR=logs
diff --git a/src/scripts/nightly/nightlybuild.sh b/src/scripts/nightly/nightlybuild.sh
index 8f4f2d65..1b3edf17 100755
--- a/src/scripts/nightly/nightlybuild.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/nightly/nightlybuild.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ fi
 
 git-pull
 sh ./bootstrap
-./configure --prefix ${BOXDIR}/${WORKDIR}/emp4
+./configure --prefix ${BOXDIR}/${WORKDIR}/emp4 ${CONFIGURE_OPTIONS}
 
 		;;
 esac