diff --git a/configure.php b/configure.php
index e8ff9edba..8e0ab5abc 100755
--- a/configure.php
+++ b/configure.php
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ function getFileModificationHistory(): array {
 
     echo "Iterating over extension specific version files... ";
     if ($ac["GENERATE"] != "no") {
-        $globdir = dirname($ac["GENERATE"]) . "/{../,./}versions.xml";
+        $globdir = dirname($ac["GENERATE"]) . "/{../../}versions.xml";
     }
     else {
         if (file_exists($ac['rootdir'] . '/en/trunk')) {
@@ -698,6 +698,9 @@ function getFileModificationHistory(): array {
         }
         $globdir .= "/*/*/versions.xml";
     }
+    if (!defined('GLOB_BRACE')) {
+        define('GLOB_BRACE', 0);
+    }
     foreach(glob($globdir, GLOB_BRACE) as $file) {
         if($tmp->load($file)) {
             foreach($tmp->getElementsByTagName("function") as $function) {