diff --git a/New/compiler.pl b/New/compiler.pl
index 5769c2a7c..4d0b31723 100755
--- a/New/compiler.pl
+++ b/New/compiler.pl
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ sub generate_script_1 {
 		'[ -n "${VERBOSE:=0}" ]',
 		'[ -n "${RESTOREFILE:=$RESTOREFILE}" ]',
 		'[ -n "$LOGFORMAT" ] || LOGFORMAT="Shorewall:%s:%s:"',
-		emit join( '', 'VERSION="', $env{VERSION}, '"' ) ,
+		join( '', 'VERSION="', $env{VERSION}, '"' ) ,
 		"PATH=\"$config{PATH}\"" ,
 		'TERMINATOR=fatal_error' );