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diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
index c713f8e1574..2a51b91241e 100755
--- a/make-dist
+++ b/make-dist
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ then
fi
### Find out which version of Emacs this is.
-version=`grep 'char emacs_version' src/emacs.c \
- | sed -e 's/^[^"]*"\([^"]*\)".*$/\1/'`
+version=`sed -n '/char emacs_version/ s/^[^"]*"\([^"]*\)".*$/\1/p' src/emacs.c`
if [ ! "${version}" ]; then
echo "${progname}: can't find current Emacs version in \`./src/emacs.c'" >&2
exit 1