diff --git a/srcpkgs/diffutils/template b/srcpkgs/diffutils/template
index 3f52020f58a..d734ab2dfd8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/diffutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/diffutils/template
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ long_desc="
  features are a superset of the Unix features and they are significantly
  faster. Cmp has been moved into this package from the GNU textutils package.
  These programs are usually used for creating patch files."
+
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i -e '/gets is a/d' lib/stdio.in.h
+}