diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61ad6688a34a2957c074854ba1d1d914b529ea8c..0c7c5d163e7a4ffa330d375d83985d559fb04c1a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1545,11 +1545,10 @@ $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): % : %.perl
 	sed -e '1{' \
 	    -e '	s|#!.*perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e '	h' \
-	    -e '	s=.*=use lib (split(/$(pathsep)/, $$ENV{GITPERLLIB} || "@@INSTLIBDIR@@"));=' \
+	    -e '	s=.*=use lib (split(/$(pathsep)/, $$ENV{GITPERLLIB} || "'"$$INSTLIBDIR"'"));=' \
 	    -e '	H' \
 	    -e '	x' \
 	    -e '}' \
-	    -e 's|@@INSTLIBDIR@@|'"$$INSTLIBDIR"'|g' \
 	    -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
 	    $@.perl >$@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \