diff --git a/steps/coreutils-9.4/pass1.sh b/steps/coreutils-9.4/pass1.sh
index f4690da1..4972e0d0 100755
--- a/steps/coreutils-9.4/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps/coreutils-9.4/pass1.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ regenerate_files() {
 
     . ../../import-gnulib.sh
 
-    VERSION=$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" .sh | sed 's/coreutils-//')
+    VERSION=$(basename "${PWD}" | sed 's/coreutils-//')
     echo "$VERSION" > .tarball-version
 
     # We don't have autopoint from gettext yet.