diff --git a/chapter05/tcl.xml b/chapter05/tcl.xml
index 592823f46..ba34f063e 100644
--- a/chapter05/tcl.xml
+++ b/chapter05/tcl.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.
Tcl's configure script has a syntax error:
cd unix
cp configure configure.orig
-sed "e;s/relid'/relid/"e; configure.orig > configure
+sed "s/relid'/relid/" configure.orig > configure
Prepare Tcl for compilation: