diff --git a/stripansi.sh b/stripansi.sh
index 7f1a55da045b..398a2d16fb77 100755
--- a/stripansi.sh
+++ b/stripansi.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# use th is to strip out ANSI codes, if you want to pipe
+# use to strip out ANSI codes, if you want to pipe
 # outputof 'cabal test' to a file.
 
-if which -s gsed; then
-  gsed -r "s/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g"
-else
-  gsed -r "s/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g"
-fi
+sed -e 's/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g'