diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/04-generate-provides.sh b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/04-generate-provides.sh
index 6ce68f4b83f..6c4c470d24f 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/04-generate-provides.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/04-generate-provides.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ generate_pkgconfig_provides() {
 }
 
 generate_cmd_provides() {
-    find "${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin" -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf '%f\n' 2>/dev/null \
-        | sed 's/^.*$/cmd:&-'"${version}_${revision}"'/' | sort -u
+    find "${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin" -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "cmd:%f-${version}_${revision}\n" 2>/dev/null | sort -u
 }
 
 generate_alt_cmd_provides() {