diff --git a/llvm/autoconf/configure.ac b/llvm/autoconf/configure.ac
index bc2551605da0..ecab17d7fd06 100644
--- a/llvm/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/llvm/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ AC_INIT([[llvm]],[[1.5cvs]],[llvmbugs@cs.uiuc.edu])
 
 dnl Provide a copyright substitution and ensure the copyright notice is included
 dnl in the output of --version option of the generated configure script.
-AC_SUBST(LLVM_COPYRIGHT,["Copyright (c) 2003-2005 U University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign."])
+AC_SUBST(LLVM_COPYRIGHT,["Copyright (c) 2003-2005 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign."])
 AC_COPYRIGHT($LLVM_COPYRIGHT)
 
 dnl Indicate that we require autoconf 2.59 or later. Ths is needed because we