diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 6b31dfb..287593c 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -118,14 +118,12 @@ sh256() {
     # Example: '<checksum>  <file>'
     [ -e "$1" ] || return 0
 
-    read -r hash _ <<-EOF
-        $(sha256sum "$1" ||
-          sha256 -r "$1" ||
-          openssl dgst -sha256 -r "$1" ||
-          shasum -a 256 "$1")
-	EOF
+    hash=$(sha256sum "$1" ||
+           sha256 -r "$1" ||
+           openssl dgst -sha256 -r "$1" ||
+           shasum -a 256 "$1")
 
-    printf '%s  %s\n' "$hash" "$1"
+    printf '%s  %s\n' "${hash%% *}" "$1"
 } 2>/dev/null
 
 pkg_lint() {