diff --git a/network/clockspeed/clockspeed.conf b/network/clockspeed/clockspeed.conf
index 57ec1ff7d..b0bb1016c 100644
--- a/network/clockspeed/clockspeed.conf
+++ b/network/clockspeed/clockspeed.conf
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ clockspeed_install() {
 		[[ $arch != x86* ]] && [[ $file = clockspeed* ]] && continue
 		mkdir -p $root/$prefix/$dir
 		cp $file $root/$prefix/$dir/$file
-	done < <( grep "c(.*man\|c(.*bin" hier.c | cut -d \" --output-delimiter ' '  -f 2,4 )
+	done < <( grep "c(.*man\|c(.*bin" hier.c | cut -d'"' --output-delimiter ' '  -f 2,4 )
 
 	# install leapsecs.dat
 	mkdir -p $root/var/state/clockspeed