diff --git a/sys/conf/osrelease.sh b/sys/conf/osrelease.sh
index 88687ab76480..ef8d7768d0b0 100644
--- a/sys/conf/osrelease.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/osrelease.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-#	$NetBSD: osrelease.sh,v 1.110 2005/12/11 12:20:30 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: osrelease.sh,v 1.111 2006/08/08 07:05:40 riz Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -38,10 +38,17 @@
 #
 
 # We use the number specified in <sys/param.h>
-${AWK:-awk} -v FLAG="$1" '
-/^#define[ 	]*__NetBSD_Version__/ {
-	major = ($3 / 100000000);
-	minor = ($3 / 1000000) % 100;
-	patch = ($3 / 100) % 100;
-	printf((FLAG == "-s") ? "%d%d%d\n" : "%d.%d.%d\n", major, minor, patch);
-}' "$(dirname $0)"/../sys/param.h
+
+AWK=${AWK:-awk}
+GREP=${GREP:-grep}
+PARAMH="`dirname $0`"/../sys/param.h
+release=`$AWK '/^#define[ 	]*__NetBSD_Version__/ { print $6 }' $PARAMH`
+
+case $1 in
+-s)
+	echo $release | sed -e 's,\.,,g'
+	;;
+*)
+	echo $release
+	;;
+esac