diff --git a/lang/basic/src/build.lua b/lang/basic/src/build.lua
index c02e9621e..3f09611fa 100644
--- a/lang/basic/src/build.lua
+++ b/lang/basic/src/build.lua
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ normalrule {
 	name = "tokentab_h",
 	ins = {
 		"./maketokentab",
-		"util/cmisc+ed",
 		matching(filenamesof("+llgen"), "/Lpars.h$"),
 	},
 	outleaves = { "tokentab.h" },
 	commands = {
-		"%{ins} %{outs}"
+		"%{ins[1]} < %{ins[2]} > %{outs}"
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/lang/basic/src/maketokentab b/lang/basic/src/maketokentab
index c388c5d99..ee6e8a4e0 100755
--- a/lang/basic/src/maketokentab
+++ b/lang/basic/src/maketokentab
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-$1 -s "${2:-Lpars.h}" > $3 <<'+'
-1d
-1,$s/# *define //
-1,$s/ ...$//
-1,$s/^/	"/
-1,$-1s/$/",/
-$s/$/"/
-0a
-char *tokentab[] = {
-.
-$a
-};
-.
-1,$p
-+
+echo "char* tokentab[] = {"
+awk '/^#define/ { print "\"" $2 "\"," }'
+echo "};"
+