diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4cdd6ae638..fc6f31a892 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ cat << EOF > build/Timezones
 
 EOF
 
-timezones=`echo src/data/etc/timezones/* | sed -e s@src/data/etc/timezones/CVS@@`
+timezones=`echo src/data/etc/timezones/* | sed -e s@src/data/etc/timezones/.svn@@`
 for f in ${timezones}; 
 do