diff --git a/config/ChangeLog b/config/ChangeLog
index 5383409a85..93a62aa773 100644
--- a/config/ChangeLog
+++ b/config/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-09-13  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* qt.m4: tweak sed usage
+ 
 2002-09-12  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am: qt.m4 not qt2.m4
diff --git a/config/qt.m4 b/config/qt.m4
index bf8ce45257..8944803b4a 100644
--- a/config/qt.m4
+++ b/config/qt.m4
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(QT_GET_VERSION,
 EOF
 		lyx_cv_qtversion=`(eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 | \
 			grep '^"%%%"'  2>/dev/null | \
-			sed -e 's/^"%%%""\(.*\)""%%%"/\1/' -e 's/ //g'`
+			sed -e 's/"%%%"//g' -e 's/"//g'`
 		rm -f conftest.$ac_ext
 		CPPFLAGS=$SAVE_CPPFLAGS
 	])