diff --git a/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass b/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
index 4575f5b..8ce0acd 100644
--- a/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
+++ b/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@
 # Disable the pager to prevent systemd injecting control characters into the
 # output stream that are not interpreted by busybox tools.
 disable_systemd_pager() {
-        echo -e "SYSTEMD_PAGER=\nexport SYSTEMD_PAGER" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/profile
+        echo "SYSTEMD_PAGER=" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/profile
+        echo "export SYSTEMD_PAGER" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/profile
 }
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "disable_systemd_pager ; "