diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e1063ccd9c3..036142a8d06 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -20030,6 +20030,7 @@ compare_exclusions="gcc/cc*-checksum\$(objext) | gcc/ada/*tools/*"
 compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | gcc/m2/gm2-compiler-boot/M2Version*"
 compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | gcc/m2/gm2-compiler-boot/SYSTEM*"
 compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | gcc/m2/gm2version*"
+compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | gcc/cobol/parse\$(objext)"
 case "$target" in
   hppa*64*-*-hpux*) ;;
   powerpc*-ibm-aix*) compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | *libgomp*\$(objext)" ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eec6f817a4b..6cf9893cab0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4207,6 +4207,7 @@ compare_exclusions="gcc/cc*-checksum\$(objext) | gcc/ada/*tools/*"
 compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | gcc/m2/gm2-compiler-boot/M2Version*"
 compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | gcc/m2/gm2-compiler-boot/SYSTEM*"
 compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | gcc/m2/gm2version*"
+compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | gcc/cobol/parse\$(objext)"
 case "$target" in
   hppa*64*-*-hpux*) ;;
   powerpc*-ibm-aix*) compare_exclusions="$compare_exclusions | *libgomp*\$(objext)" ;;
diff --git a/gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in b/gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in
index 5b61ae91219..eb64554f33b 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ cobol/scan.o: cobol/scan.cc			\
 # output, and do not require those tools to be installed.
 #
 cobol.srcextra: cobol/parse.cc cobol/cdf.cc cobol/scan.cc
-	ln -f $^ cobol/parse.h cobol/cdf.h $(srcdir)/cobol/
+	-cp -p $^ cobol/parse.h cobol/cdf.h $(srcdir)/cobol/
 
 
 # And the cobol1 front end