diff --git a/scripts/specialize-patch b/scripts/specialize-patch
index d9d07c378..f81599e7b 100755
--- a/scripts/specialize-patch
+++ b/scripts/specialize-patch
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ function evaluate(stmnt, pattern, arg, op, result) {
       stmnt = "+#if " (op[1] == 0 ? op[2] : op[1])
     }
   
-    pattern="\\(([01])[ 	]*\\|\\|[ 	]*(!*[ 	]*defined[ 	]*\\([ 	]*[A-Za-z_]*[ 	]*\\))\\)$"
+    pattern="\\(([01])[ 	]*\\|\\|[ 	]*(!*[ 	]*defined[ 	]*\\([ 	]*[A-Za-z_]*[ 	]*\\))\\)"
     while (match(stmnt, pattern, op) != 0)
     {
-      stmnt = "+#if " (op[1] == 0 ? op[2] : op[1])
+      sub(pattern, op[1] == 0 ? op[2] : op[1], stmnt)
     }
   
     pattern="\\((-*[0-9]+)\\)"