diff --git i/src/perl/ps2eps w/src/perl/ps2eps
index 1122a81..31d6a9a 100755
--- i/src/perl/ps2eps
+++ w/src/perl/ps2eps
@@ -43,19 +43,13 @@ Getopt::Long::Configure("no_ignore_case");
 
 $prgname= "ps2eps";
 
-if (! -d "/usr/bin")
-{ # we assume that we are running under native windows
-  $ghostscriptname = "gswin32c";
-  $NULLDEV = "nul";
-} 
-else 
 { # Unix or cygwin
-  $ghostscriptname = "gs";
+  $ghostscriptname = "@gs@";
   $NULLDEV = "/dev/null 2>&1";
 }
 
 $bboxver=`bbox >$NULLDEV -V`;
-$bboxname= ($?== -1) ? "" : "bbox";
+$bboxname= ($?== -1) ? "" : "@bbox@";
 $version= '$Id: ps2eps,v 1.70 2018-01-09 18:00:00 bless Exp $'; #'
 $insertPScode= 1;     # Insert surrounding Postscript code
 $infhandle = STDIN;   # Standard input is the default input file