diff --git a/busybox/recipe.spec b/busybox/recipe.spec
index 39ba3ef..a0256fb 100644
--- a/busybox/recipe.spec
+++ b/busybox/recipe.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ release: 1
 sources: https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-%{version}.tar.bz2
 @configure
 	cd busybox-%{version} && make defconfig
-	sed -i -e 's/.*CONFIG_STATIC.*/CONFIG_STATIC=y/' busybox-%{version}/.config
+	sed -e 's/.*CONFIG_STATIC.*/CONFIG_STATIC=y/' busybox-%{version}/.config > config-new
+	mv config-new busybox-%{version}/.config
 
 @install
 	mkdir -p '%{pkg}/bin'