diff --git a/srcpkgs/gzip/template b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
index 282c0468338..91fc8aaee1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gzip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=b5d56e8ffc9918e8c941fab56e04121194f9870adeeb859e09c09eac264035a3
 
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i -e '/gets is a/d' lib/stdio.in.h
+}
+
 post_build() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
 	touch -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info/dir