diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/common.subr b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/common.subr
index 3359e374e68c..31da26ee4590 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/common.subr
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/common.subr
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ export UNAME_M="$(uname -m)" # Machine platform (i.e. i386)
 export UNAME_R="$(uname -r)" # Release Level (i.e. X.Y-RELEASE)
 if [ ! "${PKG_ABI+set}" ]; then
 	export PKG_ABI="$(
-		env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=1 \
-		pkg -vv | awk '$1=="ABI:"{print $2;exit}' 2> /dev/null
+		ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=1 pkg -vv |
+			awk '$1=="ABI:"{print $2;exit}' 2> /dev/null
 	)"
 fi