diff --git a/release/amd64/pkg-stage.conf b/release/amd64/pkg-stage.conf
index c62c86765b6..4ea7dc40e80 100755
--- a/release/amd64/pkg-stage.conf
+++ b/release/amd64/pkg-stage.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
-export PKG_ABI="freebsd:$(echo ${REVISION} | sed -e 's/\.[0-9]//'):x86:64"
+export PKG_ABI="freebsd:${REVISION%.[0-9]*}:x86:64"
 export ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=1
 export __PKG_CONF="/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf"
 export PACKAGESITE="http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${PKG_ABI}/latest"
diff --git a/release/i386/pkg-stage.conf b/release/i386/pkg-stage.conf
index ad09cbf8cbf..6d9e8efdd37 100755
--- a/release/i386/pkg-stage.conf
+++ b/release/i386/pkg-stage.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
-export PKG_ABI="freebsd:$(echo ${REVISION} | sed -e 's/\.[0-9]//'):x86:32"
+export PKG_ABI="freebsd:${REVISION%.[0-9]*}:x86:32"
 export ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=1
 export __PKG_CONF="/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf"
 export PACKAGESITE="http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${PKG_ABI}/latest"