diff --git a/srcpkgs/subversion/template b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
index b52bdb5f801..5dbabc056ca 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/subversion/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ pre_configure() {
 
 		# Use apr-1-config and apu-1-config wrappers
 		vsed -i config_vars.mk \
-			-e "s;/usr/bin/\(ap.-1-config\);${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/\1;g" \
-			-e "s;-I/usr/include;-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include;g"
+			-e "/^APR_CONFIG/ s;=.*;= ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/apr-1-config;" \
+			-e "/^APU_CONFIG/ s;=.*;= ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/apu-1-config;" \
+			-e "s;\([I ]\)/usr/include;\1${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include;g"
 
 		export PERL5LIB=${XBPS_STATEDIR}/perlprefix/${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}-linux
 		mkdir -p $PERL5LIB