diff --git a/util/newconfig/Makefile b/util/newconfig/Makefile
index 42e7573931..fd8c009b9f 100644
--- a/util/newconfig/Makefile
+++ b/util/newconfig/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ALL: $(shell echo *.g examples/*.g | sed s/.g/.py/g )
+ALL: $(shell echo *.g | sed s/\\.g/\\.py/g )
 
 %.py: %.g yapps2.py yappsrt.py Makefile
 	python yapps2.py $<