diff --git a/spkg b/spkg
index 4199948..72639b1 100755
--- a/spkg
+++ b/spkg
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ removepkg() {
 		source ./PACKAGE
 		"pkg_uninstall" "${prefix}"
 	}
-	sed "s/${pkgname} $(${pkgname} --version)//" "${prefix}"/var/cache/spkg.cache
+	sed "s/${pkgname} ${pkg_ver}//" "${prefix}"/var/cache/spkg.cache
 }
 instpkg() {
 	pkgname=$1
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ instpkg() {
 		source ./PACKAGE
 		"pkg_install" "${prefix}"
 	}
-	sed a\ "${pkgname} $(${pkgname} --version)" "${prefix}"/var/cache/spkg.cache > "${prefix}"/var/cache/spkg.cache
+	sed a\ "${pkgname} ${pkg_ver}" "${prefix}"/var/cache/spkg.cache > "${prefix}"/var/cache/spkg.cache
 }
 update() {
 	pkgname=$1