diff --git a/xsoft/office/gnucash.xml b/xsoft/office/gnucash.xml
index fef686b52a..de18113b76 100644
--- a/xsoft/office/gnucash.xml
+++ b/xsoft/office/gnucash.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     <para>Install <application>GnuCash</application> by running the following
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/^\(host_os=.*\)$/\1-gnu/' configure &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/^host_os=.*$/&amp;-gnu/' configure &amp;&amp;
 ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4 \
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --disable-guppi \