diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/configuremake.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/configuremake.py
index adbc12d385..af62797129 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/configuremake.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/configuremake.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 from easybuild.tools.config import source_paths, build_option, ERROR, IGNORE, WARN
 from easybuild.tools.filetools import CHECKSUM_TYPE_SHA256, adjust_permissions, compute_checksum, download_file
 from easybuild.tools.filetools import read_file, remove_file
-from easybuild.tools.run import extract_errors_from_log, run_shell_cmd
+from easybuild.tools.run import run_shell_cmd
 from easybuild.tools.utilities import nub
 
 # string that indicates that a configure script was generated by Autoconf
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ def configure_step(self, cmd_prefix=''):
             raise EasyBuildError('Invalid value for `unrecognized_configure_options`: %s. Must be one of: ',
                                  action, ', '.join(valid_actions))
         if action != IGNORE:
-            unrecognized_options_str = 'configure: WARNING: unrecognized options:'
-            unrecognized_options = extract_errors_from_log(res.output, unrecognized_options_str)[1]
+            unrecognized_options_str = "^configure: WARNING: unrecognized options:"
+            unrecognized_options = re.findall(rf"{unrecognized_options_str}.*", res.output, flags=re.I | re.M)
             # Keep only unique options (remove the warning string and strip whitespace)
             unrecognized_options = nub(x.split(unrecognized_options_str)[-1].strip() for x in unrecognized_options)
             if unrecognized_options: