diff --git a/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/profile.bashrc b/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/profile.bashrc
index b46c49efdc6c0..4b39a3e25d5b6 100644
--- a/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/profile.bashrc
+++ b/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/profile.bashrc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [[ ${CATEGORY}/${PN} == sys-devel/gcc && ${EBUILD_PHASE} == configure ]]; the
     einfo "Prefixifying dynamic linkers..."
     for h in gcc/config/*/*linux*.h; do
 	ebegin "  Updating $h"
-	sed -i -r "s,(_DYNAMIC_LINKER.*\")(/lib),\1${EPREFIX}\2," $h
+	sed -i -r "/_DYNAMIC_LINKER/s,([\":])(/lib),\1${EPREFIX}\2,g" $h
 	eend $?
     done