diff --git a/BLFS/gen_config.sh b/BLFS/gen_config.sh
index 621f88d..b182208 100755
--- a/BLFS/gen_config.sh
+++ b/BLFS/gen_config.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ declare PKG_VER
 get_pkg_ver() {
   local this_script=$1
 
+  [[ ${this_script:0:4} = "alsa" ]] && this_script=alsa
+
   PKG_VER=$(xmllint --noent ./blfs-xml/book/bookinfo.xml 2>/dev/null | \
-            grep -i " ${this_script#*-?-}-version " | cut -d "\"" -f2 )
+            grep -i " ${this_script}-version " | cut -d "\"" -f2 )
 
 }