diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/06-shlib-provides.sh b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/06-shlib-provides.sh
index 480d614097b..738760d0729 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/06-shlib-provides.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/06-shlib-provides.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ collect_sonames() {
 		echo "$f" >> ${_tmpfile}
 	done
 	if [ -s "${_tmpfile}" ]; then
-		cat ${_tmpfile} | tr '\n' ' ' > ${_destdir}/shlib-provides
+		tr '\n' ' ' < "${_tmpfile}" > ${_destdir}/shlib-provides
 		echo >> ${_destdir}/shlib-provides
 	fi
 	rm -f ${_tmpfile}