diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index a03f1d5ed..96d1750a7 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = krb5-config
 man_MANS = krb5-config.1
 
 krb5-config: krb5-config.in
-	sed	-e "s,@PACKAGE\@,$(PACKAGE),g" \
-		-e "s,@VERSION\@,$(VERSION),g" \
-		-e "s,@prefix\@,$(prefix),g" \
-		-e "s,@exec_prefix\@,$(exec_prefix),g" \
-		-e "s,@libdir\@,$(libdir),g" \
-		-e "s,@includedir\@,$(includedir),g" \
-		-e "s,@LIB_crypt\@,$(LIB_crypt),g" \
-		-e "s,@LIB_dbopen\@,$(LIB_dbopen),g" \
-		-e "s,@INCLUDE_des\@,$(INCLUDE_des),g" \
-		-e "s,@LIB_des_appl\@,$(LIB_des_appl),g" \
-		-e "s,@LIBS\@,$(LIBS),g" \
+	sed	-e "s!@PACKAGE\@!$(PACKAGE)!g" \
+		-e "s!@VERSION\@!$(VERSION)!g" \
+		-e "s!@prefix\@!$(prefix)!g" \
+		-e "s!@exec_prefix\@!$(exec_prefix)!g" \
+		-e "s!@libdir\@!$(libdir)!g" \
+		-e "s!@includedir\@!$(includedir)!g" \
+		-e "s!@LIB_crypt\@!$(LIB_crypt)!g" \
+		-e "s!@LIB_dbopen\@!$(LIB_dbopen)!g" \
+		-e "s!@INCLUDE_des\@!$(INCLUDE_des)!g" \
+		-e "s!@LIB_des_appl\@!$(LIB_des_appl)!g" \
+		-e "s!@LIBS\@!$(LIBS)!g" \
 		$(srcdir)/krb5-config.in > $@.new
 	mv $@.new $@
 	chmod +x $@