diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index d67e5d0e..12cdb1a8 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -252,18 +252,18 @@ if [ -f /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes ] || [ -f /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes.dp
     dpkg -S /usr/share/man/ |sed 's|, |\n|g;s|: [^:]*$||' | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive xargs apt-get install --reinstall -y
     echo "Reinstalling packages with system documentation in /usr/share/doc/ .."
     # This step processes the packages which still have missing documentation
-    dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '/..5......   \/usr\/share\/doc/ {print $2}' | sed 's|/[^/]*$||' | sort |uniq \
+    dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '$2 ~ /\/usr\/share\/doc/ {print $2}' | sed 's|/[^/]*$||' | sort | uniq \
          | xargs dpkg -S | sed 's|, |\n|g;s|: [^:]*$||' | uniq | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive xargs apt-get install --reinstall -y
     echo "Restoring system translations..."
     # This step processes the packages which still have missing translations
-    dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '/..5......   \/usr\/share\/locale/ {print $2}' | sed 's|/[^/]*$||' | sort |uniq \
+    dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '$2 ~ /\/usr\/share\/locale/ {print $2}' | sed 's|/[^/]*$||' | sort | uniq \
          | xargs dpkg -S | sed 's|, |\n|g;s|: [^:]*$||' | uniq | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive xargs apt-get install --reinstall -y
-    if dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '/..5......   \/usr\/share\/doc/ {exit 1}'; then
+    if dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '$2 ~ /\/usr\/share\/doc/ {exit 1}'; then
         echo "Documentation has been restored successfully."
         rm /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes.dpkg-tmp
     else
         echo "There are still files missing from /usr/share/doc/:"
-        dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '/..5......   \/usr\/share\/doc/ {print " " $2}'
+        dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '$2 ~ /\/usr\/share\/doc/ {print " " $2}'
         echo "You may want to try running this script again or you can remove"
         echo "/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes.dpkg-tmp and restore the files manually."
     fi