diff --git a/fetch.sh b/fetch.sh
index 6dfca3d2a..7310d58b3 100755
--- a/fetch.sh
+++ b/fetch.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ do
 				mkdir $i-tmp
 				dpkg-deb -R $i $i-tmp
 				sed -i "s#$BIN_VERSION#$TARGET_VERSION#g" $i-tmp/DEBIAN/control
-				sed -i -E '/^Depends:/ s/\(\>= /(/g; s/\(\=[^ ]*/(>=/g; s/\+b[0-9]+//g' $i-tmp/DEBIAN/control
+				sed -i -E '/^Depends:/ s/\(\=[^ ]*/(>=/g; s/\+b[0-9]+//g' $i-tmp/DEBIAN/control
 				dpkg-deb -b $i-tmp $i-fixed_$PIKA_BIN_ARCH.deb
 				mv -vf ./*-fixed_$PIKA_BIN_ARCH.deb ./output/
 				rm -rf ./*.deb