diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2a4f7faf..b4eddb09 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ cat > include/cdio/cdio_config.h << EOF
     version of config.h
 */
 EOF
-head -n 254 config.h >> include/cdio/cdio_config.h
+cp config.h include/cdio/cdio_config.h
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