diff --git a/shutils/configure_funcs.sh b/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
index 4b1fd564e7..97a06b5f05 100644
--- a/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
+++ b/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ configure_src_phase()
 	set_build_vars
 
 	if [ -z "${configure_shell}" ]; then
-		configure_shell=/bin/sh
+		configure_shell=/bin/bash
 	fi
 
 	#
diff --git a/templates/ImageMagick/template b/templates/ImageMagick/template
index 8460e6f40c..c30282216a 100644
--- a/templates/ImageMagick/template
+++ b/templates/ImageMagick/template
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ version=${_distver}.${_distverpatch}
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_distver}-${_distverpatch}
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-${_distver}-${_distverpatch}.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_shell=/bin/bash
 configure_args="--without-gslib --without-jp2 --without-autotrace
  --without-djvu --without-dps --without-fpx --without-gvc --without-jbig
  --without-lqr --without-openexr --with-gs-font-dir=/usr/share/fonts/Type1
diff --git a/templates/libsmbios/template b/templates/libsmbios/template
index 34abe60925..efb75a6045 100644
--- a/templates/libsmbios/template
+++ b/templates/libsmbios/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ sourcepkg=$pkgname
 version=2.2.16
 distfiles="http://linux.dell.com/$pkgname/download/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_shell=/bin/bash
 configure_args="--disable-static --disable-python"
 short_desc="Library for SMBIOS access"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/templates/xorg-server/template b/templates/xorg-server/template
index 3531b956b9..de62ec6482 100644
--- a/templates/xorg-server/template
+++ b/templates/xorg-server/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ sourcepkg=$pkgname
 version=1.6.1
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/xserver/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_shell=/bin/bash
 configure_args="--enable-xf86bigfont --enable-multibuffer --enable-record
  --enable-glx-tls --enable-xcalibrate --localstatedir=/var
  --disable-static --enable-config-dbus --sysconfdir=/etc/X11