=== modified file 'configure.in'
--- configure.in	
+++ configure.in	
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 # get the mod_python version
 AC_SUBST(MP_VERSION)
 MP_VERSION=`awk '/MPV_STRING/ {print $3}' src/include/mpversion.h`
-MP_VERSION=`echo $MP_VERSION | sed s/\\"//g`                                      
+MP_VERSION=`echo $MP_VERSION | sed s/\"//g`                                      
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile Doc/Makefile test/testconf.py dist/setup.py dist/Makefile)