diff --git a/app-text/texlive-core/texlive-core-2023-r5.ebuild b/app-text/texlive-core/texlive-core-2023-r5.ebuild
index 0baed94ace9bd..8be340a3ea150 100644
--- a/app-text/texlive-core/texlive-core-2023-r5.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/texlive-core/texlive-core-2023-r5.ebuild
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	cd "${S}" || die
 
 	sed -i \
-		-e "s,/usr/include /usr/local/include.*echo \$KPATHSEA_INCLUDES.*,$(pkg-config kpathsea --variable=includedir)\"," \
+		-e "s,/usr/include /usr/local/include.*echo \$KPATHSEA_INCLUDES.*,$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) kpathsea --variable=includedir)\"," \
 		texk/web2c/configure || die
 
 	local patch_dir="${WORKDIR}/tex-patches-${GENTOO_TEX_PATCHES_NUM}"