diff --git a/macOS/build.sh b/macOS/build.sh
index c6af350ab1c7657820bfd57975920a849b142859..a39091bfb06ae8dffd1eddcc8abd2f3d084b48d1 100755
--- a/macOS/build.sh
+++ b/macOS/build.sh
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ PATH="$OCTAVE_BIN_DIR:$PATH" CC=$CC CXX=$CXX ./configure \
   --with-slicot="$LIB64"/Slicot/with-underscore
 PATH="$OCTAVE_BIN_DIR:$PATH" make -j"$NTHREADS"
 cp -L  "$ROOTDIR"/mex/octave/*                                       "$PKGFILES"/mex/octave
-echo -e "function v = supported_octave_version\nv=\"$(octave --eval "disp(OCTAVE_VERSION)")\";\nend" > "$PKGFILES"/matlab/supported_octave_version.m
+echo -e "function v = supported_octave_version\nv=\"$OCTAVE_VERSION\";\nend" > "$PKGFILES"/matlab/supported_octave_version.m
 
 
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