--- a/mobile/locales/Makefile.in
+++ b/mobile/locales/Makefile.in
@@ -66,17 +66,17 @@ PREF_JS_EXPORTS = $(firstword $(wildcard
 DEB_BUILD_ARCH = $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH)
 DATASTAGE = $(CURDIR)/data-stage
 
 SEARCH_PLUGINS = $(shell cat \
   $(firstword $(wildcard $(LOCALE_SRCDIR)/searchplugins/list.txt) \
        @srcdir@/en-US/searchplugins/list.txt ) )
 
 tmp-search.jar.mn::
-	@echo -n "$(AB_CD).jar:" > $@
+	printf "$(AB_CD).jar:" > $@
 	printf "$(foreach plugin,$(SEARCH_PLUGINS),$(subst __PLUGIN_SUBST__,$(plugin), \n locale/$(AB_CD)/browser/searchplugins/__PLUGIN_SUBST__.xml (__PLUGIN_SUBST__.xml)))" >>  $@
 	@echo   >> $@
 
 searchplugins: tmp-search.jar.mn
 	$(PYTHON) $(MOZILLA_DIR)/config/JarMaker.py \
           $(QUIET) -j $(FINAL_TARGET)/chrome \
           -s $(topsrcdir)/$(relativesrcdir)/en-US/searchplugins \
           -s $(LOCALE_SRCDIR)/searchplugins \