diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
index e9432768..449bd7f7 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SBINDIR ?= /sbin
 MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 AUDITH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/libaudit.h && echo y)
 
-ABORT_ON_ERRORS=$(shell grep "^\#define ABORT_ON_ERRORS" setfiles.c | awk -S '{ print $$3 }')
+ABORT_ON_ERRORS=$(shell grep "^\#define ABORT_ON_ERRORS" setfiles.c | awk '{ print $$3 }')
 
 CFLAGS ?= -g -Werror -Wall -W
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lsepol