diff --git a/srcpkgs/gzip/template b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
index d48c39b134f..f1ad271c15c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gzip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ esac
 
 pre_check() {
 	# help-version test is know to fail
-	sed -i '1721,1727d;1447d' tests/Makefile
+	vsed -i '/help-version\s/d' tests/Makefile
 }