diff --git a/mk b/mk
index 63f700df..5ed680b7 100755
--- a/mk
+++ b/mk
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 set -u -e
 
-eval "`printf "%s\n" "LANG LANGUAGE LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LC_COLLATE \
+eval "`printf "LANG LANGUAGE LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LC_COLLATE \
     LC_MONETARY LC_MESSAGES LC_PAPER LC_NAME LC_ADDRESS LC_TELEPHONE \
-    LC_MEASUREMENT LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_ALL" | \
+    LC_MEASUREMENT LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_ALL\n" | \
     awk '{ for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) $i = "export " $i "=C.UTF-8;"; print }'`"
 
 (