diff --git a/texinfo.tex b/texinfo.tex
index 4af39bc3..9d5f0d61 100644
--- a/texinfo.tex
+++ b/texinfo.tex
@@ -4617,7 +4617,7 @@ width0pt\relax} \fi
 % Check for and read epsf.tex up front.  If we read it only at @image
 % time, we might be inside a group, and then its definitions would get
 % undone and the next image would fail.
-\openin 1 = xepsf.tex
+\openin 1 = epsf.tex
 \ifeof 1 \else
   \closein 1
   \def\epsfannounce{\toks0 = }% do not bother showing banner