--- file_not_specified_in_diff	
+++ file_not_specified_in_diff	
@@ -, +, @@ 
--- a/sys-apps/util-linux/util-linux-2.35_rc1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/util-linux/util-linux-2.35_rc1.ebuild
@@ -92,12 +92,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 		eautoreconf
 	fi
 
-	# Undo bad ncurses handling by upstream. #601530
-	sed -i -E \
-		-e '/NCURSES_/s:(ncursesw?)[56]-config:$PKG_CONFIG \1:' \
-		-e 's:(ncursesw?)[56]-config --version:$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \1:' \
-		configure || die
-
 	elibtoolize
 }
 
@@ -144,6 +138,10 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 	export ac_cv_header_security_pam_misc_h=$(multilib_native_usex pam) #485486
 	export ac_cv_header_security_pam_appl_h=$(multilib_native_usex pam) #545042
 
+	# Undo bad ncurses handling by upstream. Fall back to pkg-config. #601530
+	export NCURSES6_CONFIG=false NCURSES5_CONFIG=false
+	export NCURSESW6_CONFIG=false NCURSESW5_CONFIG=false
+
 	# configure args shared by python and non-python builds
 	local commonargs=(
 		--enable-fs-paths-extra="${EPREFIX}/usr/sbin:${EPREFIX}/bin:${EPREFIX}/usr/bin"