diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__group/explorer/group b/cdist/conf/type/__group/explorer/group
index 8c8e840d..dc673f61 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__group/explorer/group
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__group/explorer/group
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 not_supported() {
-	echo "Your operating system ($(cat "$__explorer/os")) is currently not supported." >&2
+	echo "Your operating system ($("$__explorer/os")) is currently not supported." >&2
 	echo "Cannot extract group information." >&2
 	echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
 	exit 1
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__group/explorer/gshadow b/cdist/conf/type/__group/explorer/gshadow
index c0dce1e3..05841d69 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__group/explorer/gshadow
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__group/explorer/gshadow
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 name=$__object_id
-os=$(cat "$__explorer/os")
+os=$("$__explorer/os")
 
 not_supported() {
 	echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently not supported." >&2