--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -2494,7 +2494,7 @@
 	# chokes on -Wl,-G. The following line is correct:
 	shared_flag='-G'
       else
-	if test "$aix_use_runtimelinking" = yes; then
+	if true || test "$aix_use_runtimelinking" = yes; then
 	  shared_flag='${wl}-G'
 	else
 	  shared_flag='${wl}-bM:SRE'