--- apu-config.in
+++ apu-config.in
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@
 if test "$location" = "installed"; then
     LA_FILE="$libdir/lib${APRUTIL_LIBNAME}.la"
 
-    LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed -e "s $APU_BUILD_DIR/xml/expat $prefix g" -e "s $prefix/libexpat.la -lexpat g"`
-    LDFLAGS=`echo "$LDFLAGS" | sed -e "s $APU_BUILD_DIR/xml/expat $prefix g"`
-    INCLUDES=`echo "$INCLUDES" | sed -e "s $APU_BUILD_DIR/xml/expat $prefix g" -e "s -I$prefix/lib  g"`
+    LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed -e "s|$APU_BUILD_DIR/xml/expat|$prefix|g" -e "s|$prefix/libexpat.la|-lexpat|g"`
+    LDFLAGS=`echo "$LDFLAGS" | sed -e "s|$APU_BUILD_DIR/xml/expat|$prefix|g"`
+    INCLUDES=`echo "$INCLUDES" | sed -e "s|$APU_BUILD_DIR/xml/expat|$prefix|g" -e "s|-I$prefix/lib||g"`
 else
     LA_FILE="$APU_BUILD_DIR/lib${APRUTIL_LIBNAME}.la"
 fi