diff --git a/scripts/generateVersion.sh b/scripts/generateVersion.sh
index 01bf1539..c54e2ebd 100755
--- a/scripts/generateVersion.sh
+++ b/scripts/generateVersion.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-cp ./src/version.h.in ./src/version.h -fr
+cp -fr ./src/version.h.in ./src/version.h
 
 HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 MESSAGE=$(git show ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH} | head -n 5 | tail -n 1 | sed -e 's/#//g' -e 's/\"//g')
-DIRTY=$(git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || echo \"dirty\")
+DIRTY=$(git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || echo dirty)
 TAG=$(git describe --tags)
 
-awk -i inplace "{sub(/@HASH@/,\"${HASH}\")}1" ./src/version.h
-awk -i inplace "{sub(/@BRANCH@/,\"${BRANCH}\")}1" ./src/version.h
-awk -i inplace "{sub(/@MESSAGE@/,\"${MESSAGE}\")}1" ./src/version.h
-awk -i inplace "{sub(/@DIRTY@/,\"${DIRTY}\")}1" ./src/version.h
-awk -i inplace "{sub(/@TAG@/,\"${TAG}\")}1" ./src/version.h
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+sed -i -e "s#@HASH@#${HASH}#" ./src/version.h
+sed -i -e "s#@BRANCH@#${BRANCH}#" ./src/version.h
+sed -i -e "s#@MESSAGE@#${MESSAGE}#" ./src/version.h
+sed -i -e "s#@DIRTY@#${DIRTY}#" ./src/version.h
+sed -i -e "s#@TAG@#${TAG}#" ./src/version.h
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