diff --git a/srcpkgs/gimp/template b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
index d47a0f20854..336e33ae83c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gimp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ no_generic_pkgconfig_link=yes
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		vsed -i 's:^py_prefix=$(:py_prefix='"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE"'):' configure
+		vsed -i 's:^py_prefix=\x60:py_prefix='"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE"'\x60:' configure
 	fi
 	# don't allow configure to set DATADIRNAME=lib
 	vsed -i 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure