diff --git a/utils/aa-remove-unknown b/utils/aa-remove-unknown
index 983d23727..4ec489255 100755
--- a/utils/aa-remove-unknown
+++ b/utils/aa-remove-unknown
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ LOADED_PROFILES=$("$PARSER" -N $PROFILE_DIRS) || {
 echo "$LOADED_PROFILES" | awk '
 BEGIN {
   while (getline < "'${PROFILES}'" ) {
-    str = sub(/ \((enforce|complain|unconfined)\)$/, "", $0);
+    sub(/ \((enforce|complain|unconfined)\)$/, "", $0);
     if (match($0, /^libvirt-[0-9a-f\-]+$/) == 0)
-      arr[$str] = $str
+      arr[$0] = $0
   }
 }