diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-defaults-native.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-defaults-native.bb
index 98ee696..4aac9bf 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-defaults-native.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-defaults-native.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         do
             for f in ${SETTINGS_HOST_TEMPLATES};
             do
-                cat ${f} | sed "s/{}/${i}/g" >> ${DEST}/defaults.yaml
+                sed "s/{}/${i}/g" ${f} >> ${DEST}/defaults.yaml
             done
         done
 }