2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index b724b67..0971a58 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ________________________________________________________________________________
 Required:
 
 - POSIX shell
-- POSIX cat, cp, date, mkdir, printf, rm, sed
+- POSIX cat, cp, date, mkdir, printf, rm
 - POSIX make
 - POSIX libc
 - C99 compiler
diff --git a/bin/embed b/bin/embed
index 40dc853..15fdde7 100755
--- a/bin/embed
+++ b/bin/embed
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ s() {
 while IFS= read -r l; do case $l in [!#]*)
   s "$l" \" "__EMBED_$$_QUOTE__" \\ "__EMBED_$$_SLASH__" \
     "__EMBED_$$_QUOTE__" \\\" "__EMBED_$$_SLASH__" \\\\
-  echo "\"$x\\n\""
+  printf '"%s\\n"' "$x"
 esac done < "$1"