diff --git a/rustup-toolchain b/rustup-toolchain
index 7b9a17145d0..d7730f2b06d 100755
--- a/rustup-toolchain
+++ b/rustup-toolchain
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ echo "$NEW_COMMIT" > rust-version
 shift || true # don't fail if shifting fails
 
 # Check if we already are at that commit.
-CUR_COMMIT=$(rustc +miri --version -v 2>/dev/null | egrep "^commit-hash: " | cut -d " " -f 2)
+CUR_COMMIT=$(rustc +miri --version -v 2>/dev/null | grep "^commit-hash: " | cut -d " " -f 2)
 if [[ "$CUR_COMMIT" == "$NEW_COMMIT" ]]; then
     echo "miri toolchain is already at commit $CUR_COMMIT."
     rustup override set miri