diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9e242ddf50..4f720e06a5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ try:
   if len(compiler_version) == 0: report ('(no version information)')
   else: report (compiler_version)
 except:
-  print ('Unexpected error:', str(sys.exc_info()))
   error ('''compiler not found!
 
 Use CXX environment variable to set path to compiler, as follows:
diff --git a/lib/apply.h b/lib/apply.h
index 5601684019..30531f73ad 100644
--- a/lib/apply.h
+++ b/lib/apply.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace MR {
   template <class F, class T>
     inline void apply (F && f, T && t) 
     {
-      Apply<::std::tuple_size<
+      Apply< ::std::tuple_size<
         typename ::std::decay<T>::type
         >::value-1>::apply (::std::forward<F>(f), ::std::forward<T>(t));
     }