diff --git a/configure.inc b/configure.inc
index fd0c9ba..7ea98e6 100755
--- a/configure.inc
+++ b/configure.inc
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ AC_QUIET() {
 }
     
 
-AC_TR=`acLookFor tr`
+AC_TR=`which tr`
 if [ "$AC_TR" ]; then
     # try posix-style tr
     ABC=`echo abc | tr abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ`