Index: support/apxs.in
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--- support/apxs.in	(revision 1873022)
+++ support/apxs.in	(working copy)
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@
             my $val = exists $config_vars{$arg}
                 ? $config_vars{$arg}
                 : $config_vars{lc $arg};
-            $val =~ s/[()]//g;
             $result .= eval "qq($val)" if defined $val;
             $result .= ";;";
             $ok = 1;