1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/SSH.pm b/SSH.pm
index 0fe98cf..d3a8c22 100644
--- a/SSH.pm
+++ b/SSH.pm
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ sub _check_ssh_version {
   open3($writer, $reader, $error, $ssh, '-V');
   my $ssh_version = <$error>;
   chomp($ssh_version);
-  $ssh_version =~ s/.*OpenSSH[-|_](\w+?)\.\w+?\.\w+?.*/$1/g;
-  if ($ssh_version == 1) {
+  if ( $ssh_version =~ /.*OpenSSH[-|_](\w+)\./ && $1 == 1 ) {
     $equalspace = " ";
   } else {
     $equalspace = "=";