diff --git a/tests/bzcat.test b/tests/bzcat.test
index 0975f3d..45a2fd8 100755
--- a/tests/bzcat.test
+++ b/tests/bzcat.test
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #testing "name" "command" "result" "infile" "stdin"
 testing "2 known files" \
- 'bzcat "$FILES/blkid/"{minix,ntfs}.bz2 | sha1sum | '"awk '{print \$1}'" \
+ 'bzcat "$FILES/blkid/"{minix,ntfs}.bz2 | sha1sum | cut -d " " -f 1' \
  'c0b7469c9660d6056a988ef8a7fe73925efc9266\n' '' ''
 
 testing "overflow" \