diff --git a/sm5/Makefile.am b/sm5/Makefile.am
index 3526ccb482785db892810e1ae804d1d2fb9b0c81..7bdcb2f4bed318aaa3814a47b3b80e178eaec4b7 100644
--- a/sm5/Makefile.am
+++ b/sm5/Makefile.am
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ cvsversion.h: $(CVSVERSION_DEPS)
 	echo '/* cvsversion.h.  Generated by Makefile.  */' > $@
 	(cd $(srcdir) && cat Makefile.am configure.in smart*.in *.cpp *.h *.s) \
 	| sed -n 's,^.*\$$[I][d]: [^ ]* [^ ]* \(20[01][0-9][-/][01][0-9][-/][0-3][0-9] [0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]\):[0-9][0-9][^$$]*\$$.*$$,\1,p' \
-	| sort -r \
-	| sed 's,/,-,g;s,^\(.*\)$$,#define SMARTMONTOOLS_CVS_DATE_TIME "\1",;1q' \
+	| sed 's,/,-,g' | sort -r \
+	| sed 's,^\(.*\)$$,#define SMARTMONTOOLS_CVS_DATE_TIME "\1",;1q' \
 	>> $@