diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3c0329ae0e..81e0cc6521 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
   MAKEINFO=: aux_missing="$aux_missing makeinfo"
 fi
 
-for ac_prog in gsed sed
+for ac_prog in sed
 do
 # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 336104b3a2..155f3b2cfd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MAKEINFO, makeinfo, --version,
   [GNU texinfo.* \([0-9][0-9.]*\)],
   [4.*],
   MAKEINFO=: aux_missing="$aux_missing makeinfo")
-AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(SED, gsed sed, --version,
+AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(SED, sed, --version,
   [GNU sed version \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
   [3.0[2-9]*|3.[1-9]*|[4-9]*],
   SED=: aux_missing="$aux_missing sed")