diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/modeline2c.awk b/hw/xfree86/common/modeline2c.awk
index 3c9f602d1..4900d5a44 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/modeline2c.awk
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/modeline2c.awk
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ BEGIN {
 
 END {
 	print "};"
-	printf "const int xf86NumDefaultModes = ARRAY_SIZE(xf86DefaultModes);"
+	print "const int xf86NumDefaultModes = ARRAY_SIZE(xf86DefaultModes);"
 }