diff --git a/tern/analyze/default/command_lib/base.yml b/tern/analyze/default/command_lib/base.yml
index d0ceaf38..52d503e3 100644
--- a/tern/analyze/default/command_lib/base.yml
+++ b/tern/analyze/default/command_lib/base.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ apk:
         container:
           # use double quotes when using awk
           - "pkgs=`apk info 2>/dev/null`"
-          - "for p in $pkgs; do lic=`apk info $p 2>/dev/null | head -1 | awk '{print $1}'`; echo $lic | awk -F \"${p}-\" '{print $2}'; done"
+          - "for p in $pkgs; do lic=`apk info $p 2>/dev/null | head -1 | awk '{print $1}'`; echo $lic | sed -e \"s/^$p-//\"; done"
     delimiter: "\n"
   licenses:
     invoke: