diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 03ba8b2f1a..ce763f34c6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ EOF
 
 # Generate Timezones binaries bindings
 
-for f in src/data/etc/timezones/*; 
+timezones=`echo src/data/etc/timezones/* | sed -e s@src/data/etc/timezones/CVS@@`
+for f in ${timezones}; 
 do 
 
 TZOBJECTS=`gawk '/^(Zone|Link)/ { print $2 } ' $f `