diff --git a/config b/config
index 3f288f3740..e194d4bde4 100755
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-# -*- mode: perl; -*-
+#! /bin/sh
 # Copyright 2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
@@ -7,6 +6,5 @@
 # in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
 # https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html
 
-use lib "util/perl";
-use OpenSSL::config;
-OpenSSL::config::main();
+THERE=`dirname $0`
+exec "$THERE/Configure" "$@"