diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 64568dd476..388899e5e4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1609,8 +1609,8 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
         [ "$XPLATFORM" = "undefined" ] && exit 101
         ;;
     device-option)
-        DEV_VAR=`echo $VAL | sed "s,^\(.*\)=.*,\1,"`
-        DEV_VAL=`echo $VAL | sed "s,^.*=\(.*\),\1,"`
+        DEV_VAR=`echo $VAL | cut -d '=' -f 1`
+        DEV_VAL=`echo $VAL | cut -d '=' -f 2-`
         DeviceVar set $DEV_VAR "$DEV_VAL"
         ;;
     qpa)