diff --git a/include/tests_ports_packages b/include/tests_ports_packages
index c3b729a4..e6d84052 100644
--- a/include/tests_ports_packages
+++ b/include/tests_ports_packages
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
         COUNT=0
         # Check configuration options (options start with a capital)
         logtext "Test: searching configured options in ${PACMANCONF}"
-        FIND=`grep "^[A-Z]" ${PACMANCONF} | sort | uniq | sed 's/ /:space://g'`
+        FIND=`grep "^[A-Z]" ${PACMANCONF} | sort | uniq | sed 's/ /:space:/g'`
         for I in ${FIND}; do
             PMOPTION=`echo ${I} | sed 's/:space:/ /g' | ${AWKBINARY} -F= '{ print $1 }'`
             PMVALUE=`echo ${I} | sed 's/:space:/ /g' | ${AWKBINARY} -F= '{ print $2 }'`