diff --git a/tools/bits-info.sh b/tools/bits-info.sh
index b011b3e9..33776278 100755
--- a/tools/bits-info.sh
+++ b/tools/bits-info.sh
@@ -688,8 +688,11 @@ get_version()
 
 get_max_unsigned_of_shell_printf()
 {
-  2> /dev/null printf '%u\n' '-1'
-  printf 2> /dev/null '%u\n' '-1'
+  {
+    printf '%u\n' '-1'
+  } 2> /dev/null
+
+  #printf 2> /dev/null '%u\n' '-1'
   #\eval " \printf 2> /dev/null '%u\n' '-1' "
 }
 #shell_name