--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4860,8 +4860,8 @@
 # Check whether --with-colm was given.
 if test "${with_colm+set}" = set; then :
   withval=$with_colm;
-		COLM="$withval/bin/colm"
-		COLM_WRAP="$withval/bin/colm-wrap"
+		COLM="@COLM_BIN_DIR@/colm"
+		COLM_WRAP="@COLM_BIN_DIR@/colm-wrap"
 		CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include ${CPPFLAGS}"
 		CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include/aapl ${CPPFLAGS}"
 		LDFLAGS="-L$withval/lib ${LDFLAGS}"
@@ -4878,8 +4878,6 @@
 if eval \${$as_ac_File+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  test "$cross_compiling" = yes &&
-  as_fn_error $? "cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" "$LINENO" 5
 if test -r "$COLM"; then
   eval "$as_ac_File=yes"
 else
@@ -17380,8 +17378,6 @@
 if eval \${$as_ac_File+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  test "$cross_compiling" = yes &&
-  as_fn_error $? "cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" "$LINENO" 5
 if test -r "$srcdir/DIST"; then
   eval "$as_ac_File=yes"
 else
@@ -18279,8 +18275,6 @@
 if eval \${$as_ac_File+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  test "$cross_compiling" = yes &&
-  as_fn_error $? "cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" "$LINENO" 5
 if test -r ""$EXTERNAL_COLM/bin/colm""; then
   eval "$as_ac_File=yes"
 else