diff -urNd -urNd libtool-1.5/m4/libtool.m4 libtool-1.5.ld/m4/libtool.m4
--- libtool-1.5/m4/libtool.m4	2004-05-04 17:51:27.000000000 -0400
+++ libtool-1.5.ld/m4/libtool.m4	2004-05-04 17:51:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -2019,7 +2020,7 @@
 [AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_EGREP])dnl
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([if the linker ($LD) is GNU ld], lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld,
 [# I'd rather use --version here, but apparently some GNU ld's only accept -v.
-case `"$LD" -v 2>&1 </dev/null` in
+case `$LD -v 2>&1 </dev/null` in
 *GNU* | *'with BFD'*)
   lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld=yes
   ;;