diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ca75e34c..e9cc49e0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ AC_SUBST(SYS_LD_LIB_PATH)
 SYS_LD_LIB_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 AC_SUBST(SYS_LD_PRELOAD)
-SYS_LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD
+SYS_LD_PRELOAD=$(printf %s\\n $LD_PRELOAD | sed -e "s/libsandbox.so//g")
 
 AC_SUBST(PATH_TO_SRC)
 SRCDIR=$( cd $srcdir; pwd)