diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4f3375b866817..9b8207ee91555 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -717,10 +717,10 @@ probe CFG_MD5              md5
 probe CFG_MD5SUM           md5sum
 if [ -n "$CFG_MD5" ]
 then
-    CFG_HASH_COMMAND="$CFG_MD5 -q | head -c 8"
+    CFG_HASH_COMMAND="$CFG_MD5 -q | cut -c 1-8"
 elif [ -n "$CFG_MD5SUM" ]
 then
-    CFG_HASH_COMMAND="$CFG_MD5SUM | head -c 8"
+    CFG_HASH_COMMAND="$CFG_MD5SUM | cut -c 1-8"
 else
     err 'could not find one of: md5 md5sum'
 fi