diff --git a/lib/build_OID_registry b/lib/build_OID_registry
index 56d8bafeb848..8267e8d71338 100755
--- a/lib/build_OID_registry
+++ b/lib/build_OID_registry
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ close IN_FILE || die;
 #
 open C_FILE, ">$ARGV[1]" or die;
 print C_FILE "/*\n";
-print C_FILE " * Automatically generated by ", $0 =~ s#^\Q$abs_srctree/\E##r, ".  Do not edit\n";
+my $scriptname = $0;
+$scriptname =~ s#^\Q$abs_srctree/\E##;
+print C_FILE " * Automatically generated by ", $scriptname, ".  Do not edit\n";
 print C_FILE " */\n";
 
 #