diff --git a/Formula/atool.rb b/Formula/atool.rb
index 71485a57eb7..cc54276f038 100644
--- a/Formula/atool.rb
+++ b/Formula/atool.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@ class Atool < Formula
   url 'http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/atool/atool-0.39.0.tar.gz'
   md5 'e0aa006decbc6484b9dba2879f1bb9f0'
 
-  depends_on "gnu-sed"
-
   def install
     system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}"
-    # OS X sed doesn't work; use GNU sed
-    inreplace 'Makefile', 'sed -r', '#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/gsed'
     system "make install"
   end
 end