diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_freebsd/explorer/pkg_version b/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_freebsd/explorer/pkg_version
index 0a1ab75c..1ceaebe3 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_freebsd/explorer/pkg_version
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_freebsd/explorer/pkg_version
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ fi
 # Don't produce "no pkgs installed" output -- breaks things
 PKG_OUTPUT=$(pkg_info 2>&1)
 if [ ! "$PKG_OUTPUT" = "pkg_info: no packages installed" ]; then
-	printf "%s" "$(echo "$PKG_OUTPUT" \
+	printf "%s" "$PKG_OUTPUT" \
 		| awk '{print $1}' \
 		| sed 's/^\(.*\)-\([^-]*\)$/name:\1 ver:\2/g' \
 		| grep "name:$name ver:" \
-		| sed 's/^.*ver:\(.*\)/\1/g')"
+		| sed 's/^.*ver:\(.*\)/\1/g'
 fi