diff --git a/package/e17/imlib2/e17.conf b/package/e17/imlib2/e17.conf
index 1d4bcc5d8..a93ec5cdc 100644
--- a/package/e17/imlib2/e17.conf
+++ b/package/e17/imlib2/e17.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,4 @@ if [ ! "$NO_E17_CHECK" -a ! -f "$root/$prefix/lib/libImlib2.so" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # needed since e17 is currently CVS checkout only ...
-# and fixup the damn autogen.sh ...
-
-preconf="sed -i s/$USER/stupid/ autogen.sh ; NOCONFIGURE=1 sh autogen.sh"
-
+preconf="NOCONFIGURE=1 sh autogen.sh"