diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/template b/srcpkgs/vim/template
index 7d898b24777..e354a169f0d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/template
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ do_configure() {
 			vim_cv_tty_group=world vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no
 			vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash=yes
 			vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap=yes
-			vim_cv_tgent=non-zero
+			vim_cv_tgetent=zero
 			ac_cv_small_wchar_t=no"
 	fi