diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms_helper b/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms_helper
index 21110e59c92999f62824f87a6b272b930b6efd0c..9717859358fb82a19ede88036aba36890ec43149 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms_helper
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms_helper
@@ -390,8 +390,7 @@ mkCoreboot() {
 		printf "Skipping build.\n"
 		return 0
 	fi
-	printf "%s-%s\n" "$(cat projectname)" "$(cat version)" \
-			> "${cbdir}/.coreboot-version"
+	cat version > "${cbdir}/.coreboot-version"
 	(
 		if [ -f "${cbfstool}" ]; then
 			mv "${cbfstool}" "${cbdir}/cbfstool"