diff --git a/www-client/httrack/httrack-3.49.2-r2.ebuild b/www-client/httrack/httrack-3.49.2-r2.ebuild
index a6bded23cc6..373b34271e9 100644
--- a/www-client/httrack/httrack-3.49.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/www-client/httrack/httrack-3.49.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 	# We need to patch use of /usr/lib because it is a problem with
 	# linker lld with profile 17.1 on amd64 (see https://bugs.gentoo.org/732272).
-	# The grep sandwich acts as a regression test so that a future
-	# version bump cannot break patching without noticing.
+	# grep acts as a regression test so that a future version bump cannot break
+	# epatching without noticing.
 	grep -wq '{ZLIB_HOME}/lib' m4/check_zlib.m4 || die
 	sed "s,{ZLIB_HOME}/lib,{ZLIB_HOME}/$(get_libdir)," -i m4/check_zlib.m4 || die
-	grep -w '{ZLIB_HOME}/lib' m4/check_zlib.m4 && die
 
 	eautoreconf
 }