diff --git a/gcc/fixincludes b/gcc/fixincludes
index 333e6a39955..ba6781df59e 100755
--- a/gcc/fixincludes
+++ b/gcc/fixincludes
@@ -1997,9 +1997,9 @@ for files in curses.h; do
 #ifndef __cplusplus'\
 	-e '/^#[ 	]*define[ 	][ 	]*bool[ 	][ 	]*char[ 	]*$/a\
 #endif'\
-	-e '/^typedef[ 	][ 	]*char[ 	][ 	]*bool[		]*;/i\
+	-e '/^typedef[ 	][ 	]*char[ 	][ 	]*bool[ 	]*;/i\
 #ifndef __cplusplus'\
-	-e '/^typedef[ 	][ 	]*char[ 	][ 	]*bool[		]*;/a\
+	-e '/^typedef[ 	][ 	]*char[ 	][ 	]*bool[ 	]*;/a\
 #endif'\
 	${LIB}/$file > ${LIB}/${file}.sed
     rm -f ${LIB}/$file; mv ${LIB}/${file}.sed ${LIB}/$file