diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/gphoto2/gphoto2_2.5.28.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/gphoto2/gphoto2_2.5.28.bb
index c53504378a..6a2f7164b5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/gphoto2/gphoto2_2.5.28.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/gphoto2/gphoto2_2.5.28.bb
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-jpeg-prefix=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
 "
 
 do_configure:append() {
-	sed -i -E 's/--sysroot=[^ "]*([" ])/\1/g' ${B}/config.h
+	sed -i 's/--sysroot[^ "]*//g' ${B}/config.h
 }