diff -r 310613b993d4 Misc/python-config.sh.in
--- a/Misc/python-config.sh.in	Tue Jul 21 23:28:28 2015 -0500
+++ b/Misc/python-config.sh.in	Wed Jul 22 12:41:55 2015 +0200
@@ -12,29 +12,13 @@
     exit_with_usage 1
 fi
 
-# Returns the actual prefix where this script was installed to.
-installed_prefix ()
-{
-    RESULT=$(dirname $(cd $(dirname "$1") && pwd -P))
-    if which readlink >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-        if readlink -f "$RESULT" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          RESULT=$(readlink -f "$RESULT")
-        fi
-    fi
-    echo $RESULT
-}
-
-prefix_build="@prefix@"
-prefix_real=$(installed_prefix "$0")
-
 # Use sed to fix paths from their built-to locations to their installed-to
 # locations.
-prefix=$(echo "$prefix_build" | sed "s#$prefix_build#$prefix_real#")
-exec_prefix_build="@exec_prefix@"
-exec_prefix=$(echo "$exec_prefix_build" | sed "s#$exec_prefix_build#$prefix_real#")
-includedir=$(echo "@includedir@" | sed "s#$prefix_build#$prefix_real#")
-libdir=$(echo "@libdir@" | sed "s#$prefix_build#$prefix_real#")
-CFLAGS=$(echo "@CFLAGS@" | sed "s#$prefix_build#$prefix_real#")
+prefix=$(readlink -f "@prefix@")
+exec_prefix=$(readlink -f "@exec_prefix@")
+includedir=$(readlink -f "@includedir@")
+libdir=$(readlink -f "@libdir@")
+CFLAGS=$(readlink -f "@CFLAGS@")
 VERSION="@VERSION@"
 LIBM="@LIBM@"
 LIBC="@LIBC@"
@@ -48,7 +32,7 @@
 PY_ENABLE_SHARED="@PY_ENABLE_SHARED@"
 LDVERSION="@LDVERSION@"
 LIBDEST=${prefix}/lib/python${VERSION}
-LIBPL=$(echo "@LIBPL@" | sed "s#$prefix_build#$prefix_real#")
+LIBPL=$(readlink -f "@LIBPL@")
 SO="@SO@"
 PYTHONFRAMEWORK="@PYTHONFRAMEWORK@"
 INCDIR="-I$includedir/python${VERSION}${ABIFLAGS}"