diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 972037f153ac..8701857c51bb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ case $_host_os in
 		# There is no way to get the prefix, so implementing a hack here
 		macport_version=`port version 2>/dev/null`
 		if test "$?" -eq 0; then
-			macport_version="`echo "${macport_version}" | sed -ne 's/Version: \([0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]\)/\1/gp'sed -ne 's/Version: \([0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]\)/\1/gp'`"
+			macport_version="`echo "${macport_version}" | sed -ne 's/Version: \([0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]\)/\1/gp'`"
 			echo_n "You seem to be running MacPorts version ${macport_version}..."
 
 			macport_prefix=`which port`