diff --git a/helpers/make-linux b/helpers/make-linux
index ebe73eb7a75e3539e3477694fd799f088a133777..41246288e980a42ea374b8c3a928010e83ae2936 100644
--- a/helpers/make-linux
+++ b/helpers/make-linux
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ rm -rf $TMPDIR
 
 # Wipe dkms-versions
 # lists zfs / nvidia versions
-echo > debian.*/dkms-versions
+truncate -s 0 $(find -name dkms-versions)
 
 # Remove ZFS
 rm zfs spl debian/scripts/misc/update-zfs.sh -rf
diff --git a/helpers/make-linux-hwe-5.15 b/helpers/make-linux-hwe-5.15
index 9abd3f534c6bb72ea6c7ff8b419be32cee9f8dd8..a20205be0427d36a088b0876699327ade52598d9 100644
--- a/helpers/make-linux-hwe-5.15
+++ b/helpers/make-linux-hwe-5.15
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ done
 
 # Wipe dkms-versions
 # lists zfs / v4l2loopback versions
-echo > debian.*/dkms-versions
+truncate -s 0 $(find -name dkms-versions)
 
 # Remove ZFS
 rm zfs spl debian/scripts/misc/update-zfs.sh -rf